diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-plums-shout.md b/.changeset/thirty-plums-shout.md
index 5b5ffad6a9..56ac640326 100644
--- a/.changeset/thirty-plums-shout.md
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-plums-shout.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
 ---
 
-Added a regex test to check commit hash.If url is from git commit branch ignore the edit url.
+Added a regex test to check commit hash. If url is from git commit branch ignore the edit url.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/AnnotateLocationEntityProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/AnnotateLocationEntityProcessor.ts
index f46f5cfd42..00864b69e7 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/AnnotateLocationEntityProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/AnnotateLocationEntityProcessor.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   CatalogProcessorEmit,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 
+const commitHashRegExp = /\b[0-9a-f]{40,}\b/;
 /** @public */
 export class AnnotateLocationEntityProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
   constructor(
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ export class AnnotateLocationEntityProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
     let viewUrl;
     let editUrl;
     let sourceLocation;
-    const commitHashRegExp = /\b[0-9a-f]{40,}\b/;
 
     if (location.type === 'url') {
       const scmIntegration = integrations.byUrl(location.target);