diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
index 04eab414b3..b49bc8a9de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-eic-shell.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
         setup: /opt/detector/setup.sh
         run: |
           export DETECTOR_CONFIG=${DETECTOR}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}
-          export JANA_HOME=$PWD/lib/EICrecon
+          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH:+:${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH}}
           chmod a+x bin/*
           $PWD/bin/eicrecon -Ppodio:output_file=rec_e_1GeV_20GeV_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4eic.root sim_e_1GeV_20GeV_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4hep.root
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
         setup: /opt/detector/setup.sh
         run: |
           export DETECTOR_CONFIG=${DETECTOR}_${{ matrix.detector_config }}
-          export JANA_HOME=$PWD/lib/EICrecon
+          export JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=$PWD/lib/EICrecon/plugins${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH:+:${JANA_PLUGIN_PATH}}
           chmod a+x bin/*
           $PWD/bin/run_eicrecon_reco_flags.py sim_e_1GeV_20GeV_${{ matrix.detector_config }}.edm4hep.root rec_e_1GeV_20GeV_${{ matrix.detector_config }}          
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3