diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6aff4e1f0..1da81f60c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set GCP project
-        run: gcloud config set project ${{ secrets.PROJECT_ID }}
       - name: Setup GCP authentication
         run: echo "${{ secrets.GCP_JSON }}" | base64 -d > output_file.txt
-      - run: GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=output_file.txt
+      - run: export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=output_file.txt
       - name: Initiate Terraform
         run: terraform -chdir=terraform init
       - name: Dry run Terraform