diff --git a/ci/scripts/build-linux.sh b/ci/scripts/build-linux.sh
index 882ed01a..5cbe2999 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/build-linux.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/build-linux.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 function setup_locale_and_install_packages() {
-  echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/environment
+  echo "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" >> /etc/environment
   echo "CC=/usr/bin/gcc-12" >> /etc/environment
   echo "CXX=/usr/bin/g++-12" >> /etc/environment
   echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen