diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 96756533a..137fa7bfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
-        env:
-          INSTALLER_PRINT_VERBOSE: 1
+        run: |
+          export INSTALLER_PRINT_VERBOSE=1
+          curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.5.0/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh
       # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
       # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
       # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.