diff --git a/.woodpecker/woodpecker_ci.yml b/.woodpecker/woodpecker_ci.yml
index 1b3d924..ede607d 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/woodpecker_ci.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/woodpecker_ci.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ steps:
     image: python:3.9.21
     commands:
       - ls
-      - . gitversion.env
+      - cat gitversion.env
+      - export $(cat gitversion.env | xargs)
       - sed -i "s/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"$GitVersion_SemVer\"/" src/PyPiUpdater/__init__.py
       - cat src/PyPiUpdater/__init__.py
       - python3 -m pip install build