fix: variable overwritten with None

mentioned in commit 4e3dc7d2

mentioned in commit 05673d09

mentioned in merge request hoppr/plugins/hoppr-jq-filter-plugin!12 (merged)

mentioned in merge request hoppr/plugins/hoppr-openssf-scorecard-plugin!50 (closed)

mentioned in merge request hoppr-cop!451 (closed)

mentioned in merge request hoppr/plugins/hoppr-nexus-bundler!245 (merged)

mentioned in merge request hoppr/plugins/starter-plugin!10 (merged)