diff --git a/template.yml b/template.yml
index 2d53b85..db353db 100644
--- a/template.yml
+++ b/template.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ spec:
       default: "$CI_TEMPLATE_REGISTRY_HOST/security-products" 
     
 ---
-variables:
-  SAST_IMAGE_SUFFIX: ""
-  SAST_EXCLUDED_ANALYZERS: ""
-  SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS: "spec, test, tests, tmp"
-  SCAN_KUBERNETES_MANIFESTS: "false"
-
 .sast-analyzer:
   stage: $[[ inputs.stage ]]
   allow_failure: true
@@ -19,6 +13,10 @@ variables:
   # see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/218444
   variables:
     SEARCH_MAX_DEPTH: 4
+    SAST_IMAGE_SUFFIX: ""
+    SAST_EXCLUDED_ANALYZERS: ""
+    SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS: "spec, test, tests, tmp"
+    SCAN_KUBERNETES_MANIFESTS: "false"
   script:
     - /analyzer run
   artifacts: