diff --git a/services/tasks/LocalJob.go b/services/tasks/LocalJob.go
index 1495ea95b..4d95cba0a 100644
--- a/services/tasks/LocalJob.go
+++ b/services/tasks/LocalJob.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func (t *LocalJob) SetCommit(hash, message string) {
 func (t *LocalJob) getEnvironmentExtraVars(username string, incomingVersion *string) (extraVars map[string]any, err error) {
 
 	extraVars = make(map[string]any)
+	extraSecretVars := make(map[string]any)
 
 	if t.Environment.JSON != "" {
 		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(t.Environment.JSON), &extraVars)
@@ -74,6 +75,15 @@ func (t *LocalJob) getEnvironmentExtraVars(username string, incomingVersion *str
 			return
 		}
 	}
+	if t.Secret != "" {
+		err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(t.Secret), &extraSecretVars)
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	t.Secret = "{}"
+
+	maps.Copy(extraVars, extraSecretVars)
 
 	taskDetails := make(map[string]any)