diff --git a/build_tag.sh b/build_tag.sh
index 48693fd3..7c54845b 100755
--- a/build_tag.sh
+++ b/build_tag.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 
 set -exvo pipefail -o nounset
 
+source "${PWD}/cicd/jenkins_env.sh"
+
 ./mage release:cli
diff --git a/cicd/jenkins_env.sh b/cicd/jenkins_env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..550cb65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd/jenkins_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -exvo pipefail -o nounset
+
+GO_1_18="/opt/go/1.18.1/bin"
+
+if [ -d  "${GO_1_18}" ]; then
+     PATH="${GO_1_18}:${PATH}"
+fi
diff --git a/pr_check.sh b/pr_check.sh
index 51496f6e..5164a480 100755
--- a/pr_check.sh
+++ b/pr_check.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 
 set -exvo pipefail -o nounset
 
-GO_1_18="/opt/go/1.18.1/bin"
-
-if [ -d  "${GO_1_18}" ]; then
-     PATH="${GO_1_18}:${PATH}"
-fi
+source "${PWD}/cicd/jenkins_env.sh"
 
 # pre-emptively install go-sqlite3 to ensure amalgamated libsqlite3
 # source is present for compilation.