diff --git a/pkg/parser/node/node.go b/pkg/parser/node/node.go
index dad750e0..d290fb90 100644
--- a/pkg/parser/node/node.go
+++ b/pkg/parser/node/node.go
@@ -84,9 +84,42 @@ func (node *Node) Deduplicate() {
 	node.Children = unique
 }
 
+func (node *Node) MergeListOfMapsToSingleMap() {
+	_, ok := node.Value.(*ListValue)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var virtualNode Node
+
+	for _, child := range node.Children {
+		if _, ok := child.Value.(*MapValue); !ok {
+			return
+		}
+
+		virtualNode.MergeFrom(child)
+	}
+
+	node.Children = virtualNode.Children
+
+	// Rewrite parents from virtualNode to node
+	for _, child := range virtualNode.Children {
+		child.Parent = node
+	}
+
+	// This is now a map
+	node.Value = &MapValue{}
+}
+
 func (node *Node) MergeFrom(other *Node) {
 	node.Name = other.Name
 
+	// Special treatment for environment variables since they can also be represented as a list of maps
+	if node.Name == "env" || node.Name == "environment" {
+		node.MergeListOfMapsToSingleMap()
+		other.MergeListOfMapsToSingleMap()
+	}
+
 	if reflect.TypeOf(node.Value) != reflect.TypeOf(other.Value) {
 		node.Value = other.Value
 
diff --git a/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-list.json b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-list.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62a69a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-list.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[
+  {
+    "commands": [
+      {
+        "cloneInstruction": {},
+        "name": "clone"
+      }
+    ],
+    "environment": {
+      "A": "B",
+      "C": "D",
+      "CIRRUS_OS": "linux"
+    },
+    "instance": {
+      "@type": "type.googleapis.com/org.cirruslabs.ci.services.cirruscigrpc.ContainerInstance",
+      "cpu": 2,
+      "image": "golang:latest",
+      "memory": 4096
+    },
+    "metadata": {
+      "properties": {
+        "allow_failures": "false",
+        "experimental": "false",
+        "indexWithinBuild": "0",
+        "timeout_in": "3600",
+        "trigger_type": "AUTOMATIC"
+      }
+    },
+    "name": "main"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-list.yml b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-list.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24b0941e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-list.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+container:
+  image: golang:latest
+
+env:
+  - A: B
+
+task:
+  env:
+    C: D
diff --git a/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-map.json b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-map.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62a69a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-map.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[
+  {
+    "commands": [
+      {
+        "cloneInstruction": {},
+        "name": "clone"
+      }
+    ],
+    "environment": {
+      "A": "B",
+      "C": "D",
+      "CIRRUS_OS": "linux"
+    },
+    "instance": {
+      "@type": "type.googleapis.com/org.cirruslabs.ci.services.cirruscigrpc.ContainerInstance",
+      "cpu": 2,
+      "image": "golang:latest",
+      "memory": 4096
+    },
+    "metadata": {
+      "properties": {
+        "allow_failures": "false",
+        "experimental": "false",
+        "indexWithinBuild": "0",
+        "timeout_in": "3600",
+        "trigger_type": "AUTOMATIC"
+      }
+    },
+    "name": "main"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-map.yml b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-map.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d1b97ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/parser/testdata/via-rpc/new-collectible-env-merging-to-map.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+container:
+  image: golang:latest
+
+env:
+  A: B
+
+task:
+  env:
+    - C: D