diff --git a/queries/default-setup-environment-variables.ql b/queries/default-setup-environment-variables.ql
index 6a2115813..e45640941 100644
--- a/queries/default-setup-environment-variables.ql
+++ b/queries/default-setup-environment-variables.ql
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ predicate isSafeForDefaultSetup(string envVar) {
       "GITHUB_BASE_REF", "GITHUB_EVENT_NAME", "GITHUB_JOB", "GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT", "GITHUB_RUN_ID",
       "GITHUB_SHA", "GITHUB_REPOSITORY", "GITHUB_SERVER_URL", "GITHUB_TOKEN", "GITHUB_WORKFLOW",
       "GITHUB_WORKSPACE", "GOFLAGS", "ImageVersion", "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS", "RUNNER_ARCH",
-      "RUNNER_NAME", "RUNNER_OS", "RUNNER_TEMP", "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE"
+      "RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT", "RUNNER_NAME", "RUNNER_OS", "RUNNER_TEMP", "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE"
     ]
 }