diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
index e4f1b759a8..c7a811a4d2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export function createPublishGitlabAction(options: {
       });
 
       if (topics.length) {
-        await client.Projects.edit(projectId, {topics});
+        await client.Projects.edit(projectId, { topics });
       }
 
       // When setUserAsOwner is true the input token is expected to come from an unprivileged user GitLab