diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-unixish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-unixish-docker.yml
index c0418fe4037..018a5490b37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-unixish-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-unixish-docker.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
+  
+env:
+  ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
 
 jobs:
   build_cmake:
@@ -32,7 +35,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # TODO: figure out why there are cache misses with PCH enabled
       CCACHE_SLOPPINESS: pch_defines,time_macros
-      ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
 
     container:
       image: ${{ matrix.image }}