diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yaml b/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yaml
index 3050c4b1..a37180c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
               // Close issues inactive for more than the inactivity period
               for (const issue of issues) {
-                const closeIssue = true;
+                let closeIssue = true;
 
                 // Get all Labels of issue, and compared each label with the labelKeepIssue const variable
                 try {