diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 68f127c4bc85..a15ad584ba4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ jobs:
           rm get-pip.py
           apt-get install wget
           wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
-          source ~/.bashrc
+          export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+          [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
           nvm install 16
 
       - name: Checkout Kani