diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-swift-bindings.yml b/.github/workflows/release-swift-bindings.yml
index 1d8ed53e7..d58ae377f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-swift-bindings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-swift-bindings.yml
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download and build SQLCipher
         working-directory: bindings_ffi
-        env:
-          LDFLAGS: -L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib
-          CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/include
         run: |
+          export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib"
+          export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/include"
           make download-sqlcipher
           make build-sqlcipher
 
diff --git a/bindings_ffi/Makefile b/bindings_ffi/Makefile
index 749dd108a..179baebd9 100644
--- a/bindings_ffi/Makefile
+++ b/bindings_ffi/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ install-openssl:
 
 build-sqlcipher: install-openssl
 	cd $(SQLCIPHER_DIR) && \
-	./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/include" && \
+	export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib" && \
+	export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/include" && \
+	./configure --enable-tempstore=yes CFLAGS="-DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC" && \
 	make
 
 all: framework