diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/ArgoApplicationVersionUpdater.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/ArgoApplicationVersionUpdater.groovy
index f57fddb7..7054ce7c 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/ArgoApplicationVersionUpdater.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/ArgoApplicationVersionUpdater.groovy
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ArgoApplicationVersionUpdater {
       steps.writeYaml(file: valuesFile, data: data, overwrite: true)
 
       steps.withCredentials([steps.usernamePassword(credentialsId: repoCredentialsId, passwordVariable: 'OPS_GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'OPS_GIT_USERNAME')]) {
-        ciOriginUrl = "https://${steps.env.OPS_GIT_USERNAME}:${steps.env.OPS_GIT_PASSWORD}@gitea.freeleaps.mathmast.com/freeleaps/freeleaps-ops.git"
+        def ciOriginUrl = "https://${steps.env.OPS_GIT_USERNAME}:${steps.env.OPS_GIT_PASSWORD}@gitea.freeleaps.mathmast.com/freeleaps/freeleaps-ops.git"
         if (userSpecifiedArgoControlledRepo) {
           // argoControlledRepo is a git url, so we need add username and password to the url
           def argoControlledRepoUrlObj = new URL(component.argoControlledRepo)