diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 499a608f..d5e1fb41 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ charset-normalizer==3.4.2
     # via requests
 ckanapi==4.8
     # via hdx-python-api (pyproject.toml)
-click==8.1.8
+click==8.2.1
     # via
     #   mkdocs
     #   typer
 colorama==0.4.6
     # via mkdocs-material
-coverage==7.8.1
+coverage==7.8.2
     # via pytest-cov
 defopt==6.4.0
     # via hdx-python-api (pyproject.toml)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ hdx-python-utilities==3.8.7
     #   hdx-python-country
 humanize==4.12.3
     # via frictionless
-identify==2.6.10
+identify==2.6.12
     # via pre-commit
 idna==3.10
     # via
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jsonlines==4.0.0
     # via hdx-python-utilities
 jsonpath-ng==1.7.0
     # via libhxl
-jsonschema==4.23.0
+jsonschema==4.24.0
     # via
     #   frictionless
     #   tableschema-to-template
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ mergedeep==1.3.4
     # via
     #   mkdocs
     #   mkdocs-get-deps
-mkapi==4.4.0
+mkapi==4.4.1
     # via hdx-python-api (pyproject.toml)
 mkdocs==1.6.1
     # via
@@ -256,9 +256,11 @@ rpds-py==0.25.1
     #   referencing
 rsa==4.9.1
     # via google-auth
-ruamel-yaml==0.18.10
+ruamel-yaml==0.18.11
     # via hdx-python-utilities
-setuptools==80.8.0
+ruamel-yaml-clib==0.2.12
+    # via ruamel-yaml
+setuptools==80.9.0
     # via ckanapi
 shellingham==1.5.4
     # via typer
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ text-unidecode==1.3
     # via python-slugify
 typeguard==4.4.2
     # via inflect
-typer==0.15.4
+typer==0.16.0
     # via frictionless
 typing-extensions==4.13.2
     # via
diff --git a/src/hdx/api/utilities/hdx_error_handler.py b/src/hdx/api/utilities/hdx_error_handler.py
index 95250f63..f6480a43 100644
--- a/src/hdx/api/utilities/hdx_error_handler.py
+++ b/src/hdx/api/utilities/hdx_error_handler.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+from os import getenv
 from typing import Any, Tuple
 
 from hdx.data.dataset import Dataset
@@ -19,17 +20,24 @@ class HDXErrorHandler(ErrorHandler):
 
     Args:
         should_exit_on_error (bool): Whether to exit with a 1 code if there are errors. Default is False.
-        write_to_hdx (bool): Whether to write errors to HDX resources. Default is False.
+        write_to_hdx (Any): Whether to write errors to HDX resources. Default is None (write errors).
 
     """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         should_exit_on_error: bool = False,
-        write_to_hdx: bool = False,
+        write_to_hdx: Any = None,
     ):
         super().__init__(should_exit_on_error)
-        self._write_to_hdx = write_to_hdx
+        if write_to_hdx is None:
+            write_to_hdx = getenv("ERR_TO_HDX", True)
+        if write_to_hdx in (False, 0, "false", "False", "FALSE", "N", "n", ""):
+            self._write_to_hdx = False
+            logger.info("Errors won't be written to HDX")
+        else:
+            self._write_to_hdx = True
+            logger.info("Errors will be written to HDX")
         self.shared_errors["hdx_error"] = {}
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/hdx/api/utilities/test_hdx_error_handler.py b/tests/hdx/api/utilities/test_hdx_error_handler.py
index 027eb274..03fe9ce9 100644
--- a/tests/hdx/api/utilities/test_hdx_error_handler.py
+++ b/tests/hdx/api/utilities/test_hdx_error_handler.py
@@ -12,9 +12,35 @@
 
 class TestHDXErrorHandler:
     def test_hdx_error_handler(self, caplog):
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler()
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is True
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx=None)
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is True
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx="true")
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is True
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx="Y")
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is True
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx=True)
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is True
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx=1)
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is True
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx="")
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is False
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx="false")
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is False
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx="FALSE")
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is False
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx="n")
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is False
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx=False)
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is False
+        error_handler = HDXErrorHandler(write_to_hdx=0)
+        assert error_handler._write_to_hdx is False
         with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
             with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR):
-                with HDXErrorHandler(should_exit_on_error=True) as errors:
+                with HDXErrorHandler(
+                    should_exit_on_error=True, write_to_hdx=False
+                ) as errors:
                     errors.add_message(
                         "pipeline1",
                         "dataset1",