diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 98bf11a0..0beb47b5 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ task:
     BABASHKA_ARCH: aarch64
     BABASHKA_TEST_ENV: native
     BABASHKA_XMX: "-J-Xmx6500m"
+    GITHUB_TOKEN: ENCRYPTED[d6ff8cdc392157f211c754fa0763875434d1bfde0c00a05e48ba9470003a76c14c9213adb80623f81e13f2f0fa8fbd57]
   script: |
     git submodule init
     git submodule update
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ task:
     arch=${BABASHKA_ARCH:-amd64}
     archive="babashka-$VERSION-$BABASHKA_PLATFORM-$arch.tar.gz"
     tar zcvf "$archive" bb
-    export GITHUB_TOKEN=ENCRYPTED[d6ff8cdc392157f211c754fa0763875434d1bfde0c00a05e48ba9470003a76c14c9213adb80623f81e13f2f0fa8fbd57]
     ./bb --config .build/bb.edn --deps-root . release-artifact "/tmp/release/$archive" || true
   binaries_artifacts:
     path: "./bb"