diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index a8cea8caf5c2c0048fd6c2e395348b4b62ed9ef5..a00eac7677a80f44c5090ad02bd48cbc9b481a29 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
           "default": "true"
         },
         {
-          "name": "NODE_PUBLISH_SEMGREP_TAGS",
+          "name": "NODE_SEMGREP_TAGS",
           "description": "Tags to be used for selecting runners for the job",
           "type": "array",
           "default": [],
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
index b1f29378bc0a443cd3a1f1e048fb97aaa56ec95e..d9c7889ea693a9fb7a34c8b712427b1980400a40 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ spec:
       description: tags to filter applicable runners for node-outdated job
       type: array
       default: []
+    node-semgrep-job-tags:
+      description: tags to filter applicable runners for node-semgrep job
+      type: array
+      default: []
     node-sbom-job-tags:
       description: tags to filter applicable runners for node-sbom job
       type: array