CI/CD components - inputs.var not transforming to value

spec:
  inputs:
    stage:
      default: build
    context:
      default: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
    dockerfile:
      default: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/Dockerfile"
---
build-container:
  stage: $[[ inputs.stage ]]
  parallel:
    matrix:
      - TARGET: develop
      - TARGET: production
  image:
    name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:v1.19.2-debug
    entrypoint: [""]
  script:
    - /kaniko/executor
      --cache=true
      --cache-repo "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/cache"
      --context "$[[ inputs.context ]]"
      --dockerfile "$[[ inputs.dockerfile ]]"
      --target ${TARGET}
      --skip-unused-stages=true
      --destination "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/${TARGET}:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-latest"
      --destination "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/${TARGET}:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"

include:
  - component: gitlab.com/myproj/ci/docker-build@main

stages:
  - build

Seems like in some cases inputs var not transforming to default value

Running with gitlab-runner 16.9.0 (656c1943)
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$ /kaniko/executor --cache=true --cache-repo "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/cache" --context "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" --dockerfile "$[[ inputs.dockerfile ]]" --target ${TARGET} --skip-unused-stages=true --destination "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/${TARGET}:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-latest" --destination "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/${TARGET}:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
Error: error resolving dockerfile path: please provide a valid path to a Dockerfile within the build context with --dockerfile