diff --git a/ci/install_deps.sh b/ci/install_deps.sh
index 1859091b4..3d4647072 100755
--- a/ci/install_deps.sh
+++ b/ci/install_deps.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -x
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
+LOCAL=local
 INSTALL_DIR="${HOME}/${LOCAL}"
 SPACK_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR}/spack
 MOCHI_REPO_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR}/mochi-spack-packages