diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
index 32bd027feb27d88a28ede7718236b0a29d3f26a6..ee3e2b04b4f6ff1982c1c7b8c1f70b1e5394196b 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-sonar.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ spec:
     sonar-job-tags:
       description: tags to filter applicable runners for Sonar job
       default: []
+      type: array
 ---
 workflow:
   rules: