diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c5e20a6..e0b480c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ defaults_bld: &defaults_bld
           echo sdkman_auto_answer=true > $HOME/.sdkman/etc/config
           echo sdkman_auto_selfupdate=true >> $HOME/.sdkman/etc/config
           source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
+          echo 'export SDKMAN_DIR="$HOME/.sdkman"' >> $BASH_ENV
+          echo 'source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"' >> $BASH_ENV
           sdk install kotlin 2.0.0
     - run:
         name: Download the bld dependencies