diff --git a/src/main/java/io/kestra/plugin/dbt/cli/AbstractDbt.java b/src/main/java/io/kestra/plugin/dbt/cli/AbstractDbt.java
index f86f1b1..c9d5371 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/kestra/plugin/dbt/cli/AbstractDbt.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/kestra/plugin/dbt/cli/AbstractDbt.java
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ public void setDockerOptions(Property<DockerOptions> dockerOptions) {
     @Override
     public ScriptOutput run(RunContext runContext) throws Exception {
         var renderedOutputFiles = runContext.render(this.outputFiles).asList(String.class);
+        var renderedEnvMap = runContext.render(this.getEnv()).asMap(String.class, String.class);
 
         CommandsWrapper commandsWrapper = new CommandsWrapper(runContext)
-            .withEnv(runContext.render(this.getEnv()).asMap(String.class, String.class))
+            .withEnv(renderedEnvMap.isEmpty() ? new HashMap<>() : renderedEnvMap)
             .withNamespaceFiles(namespaceFiles)
             .withInputFiles(inputFiles)
             .withOutputFiles(renderedOutputFiles.isEmpty() ? null : renderedOutputFiles)