diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bf0f67f..49d6f9d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -357,15 +357,16 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             // Install DataPusher+
             cmd!(sh, "sudo apt install python3-virtualenv python3-dev python3-pip python3-wheel build-essential libxslt1-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev git libffi-dev libpq-dev uchardet -y").run()?;
             sh.change_dir("/usr/lib/ckan/default/src");
-            // Install GDAL and other geospatial dependencies
+            // Install GDAL dependencies
             cmd!(sh, "sudo apt update").run()?;
-            cmd!(sh, "sudo apt install -y gdal-bin libgdal-dev libproj-dev libgeos-dev").run()?;
-
-            // Set GDAL environment variables for the build
-            let gdal_version = cmd!(sh, "gdal-config --version").read()?;
-            std::env::set_var("GDAL_VERSION", gdal_version.trim());
-
-            cmd!(sh, "pip install -e git+https://github.com/dathere/datapusher-plus.git@main#egg=datapusher-plus").run()?;
+            cmd!(sh, "sudo apt install -y gdal-bin libgdal-dev libproj-dev libgeos-dev python3-gdal").run()?;
+            
+            // Get GDAL version and export it
+            let gdal_version_output = cmd!(sh, "gdal-config --version").read()?;
+            let gdal_version = gdal_version_output.trim();
+            
+            // Install with explicit GDAL version
+            cmd!(sh, "GDAL_VERSION={gdal_version} pip install -e git+https://github.com/dathere/datapusher-plus.git@main#egg=datapusher-plus").run()?;
             sh.change_dir("/usr/lib/ckan/default/src/datapusher-plus");
             cmd!(sh, "pip install -r requirements.txt").run()?;
             sh.change_dir(format!("/home/{username}"));