diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7080100..b57e91c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed passing change notes from `CHANGELOG.md` to the Release Draft
 - Fixed passing updated change notes from the Release Draft to `patchChangelog` Gradle task
+- Fixed `QODANA_SHOW_REPORT` environment variable resolving for Gradle `6.x` 
 
 ### Removed
 - Removed the `pluginVerifierIdeVersions` configuration to use default IDEs list provided by the `listProductsReleases` task for `runPluginVerifier` 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index f007b8b..cc7f597 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ qodana {
     cachePath.set(projectDir.resolve(".qodana").canonicalPath)
     reportPath.set(projectDir.resolve("build/reports/inspections").canonicalPath)
     saveReport.set(true)
-    showReport.set(System.getenv("QODANA_SHOW_REPORT").toBoolean())
+    showReport.set(System.getenv("QODANA_SHOW_REPORT")?.toBoolean() ?: false)
 }
 
 tasks {