diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 583e0b4..50bcc25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Webtools releases
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Added
+- Make it possible to set environment variables for npm run tasks. ([#2](https://github.com/diffplug/webtools/pull/2))
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2024-07-05
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 7e84ced..a949517 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins {
 	// https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/blob/main/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md
 	id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '7.0.0.BETA1' apply false
 	// https://github.com/diffplug/spotless-changelog/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
-	id 'com.diffplug.spotless-changelog' version '3.0.2' apply false
+	id 'com.diffplug.spotless-changelog' version '3.1.2' apply false
 	// https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.gradle.plugin-publish
 	id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version '1.2.1' apply false
 	// https://github.com/equodev/equo-ide/blob/main/plugin-gradle/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ plugins {
 	id 'dev.adamko.dokkatoo-html' version '2.3.1' apply false
 }
 blowdryerSetup {
-	github 'diffplug/blowdryer-diffplug', 'tag', '7.3.0'
+	github 'diffplug/blowdryer-diffplug', 'tag', '8.0.1'
 	//devLocal '../blowdryer-diffplug'
 	setPluginsBlockTo {
 		it.file 'plugin.versions'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/diffplug/webtools/node/NodePlugin.java b/src/main/java/com/diffplug/webtools/node/NodePlugin.java
index 03be667..258c44b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/diffplug/webtools/node/NodePlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/diffplug/webtools/node/NodePlugin.java
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
 import org.gradle.api.Action;
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
-import org.gradle.api.Task;
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public Extension(Project project) {
 			this.project = Objects.requireNonNull(project);
 		}
 
-		public TaskProvider<?> npm_run(String name, Action<Task> taskConfig) {
+		public TaskProvider<?> npm_run(String name, Action<NpmRunTask> taskConfig) {
 			return project.getTasks().register("npm_run_" + name, NpmRunTask.class, task -> {
 				task.taskName = name;
 				try {
@@ -76,12 +76,18 @@ public TaskProvider<?> npm_run(String name, Action<Task> taskConfig) {
 	@CacheableTask
 	public abstract static class NpmRunTask extends DefaultTask {
 		public String taskName;
+		private TreeMap<String, String> environment = new TreeMap<>();
 
 		@Input
 		public String getTaskName() {
 			return taskName;
 		}
 
+		@Input
+		public TreeMap<String, String> getEnvironment() {
+			return environment;
+		}
+
 		@Internal
 		public abstract Property<SetupCleanupNode> getSetup();
 
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ public void npmCiRunTask() throws Exception {
 			setup.start(getProjectDir().get().getAsFile());
 			// run the gulp task
 			ProxyConfig proxyConfig = new ProxyConfig(Collections.emptyList());
-			setup.factory().getNpmRunner(proxyConfig, null).execute("run " + taskName, null);
+			setup.factory().getNpmRunner(proxyConfig, null).execute("run " + taskName, environment);
 		}
 	}