diff --git a/.github/critical_libraries_status/noir-lang/sha256/.failures.jsonl b/.github/critical_libraries_status/noir-lang/sha256/.failures.jsonl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml b/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml
index f9b4d6cc07d..5e95d435f3e 100644
--- a/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml
+++ b/EXTERNAL_NOIR_LIBRARIES.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ libraries:
   noir_json_parser:
     repo: noir-lang/noir_json_parser
     timeout: 10
+  sha256:
+    repo: noir-lang/sha256
+    timeout: 3
   aztec_nr:
     repo: AztecProtocol/aztec-packages
     path: noir-projects/aztec-nr