diff --git a/scripts/build_and_test/__init__.py b/scripts/build_and_test/__init__.py
index ad5ae69..5bc7c84 100644
--- a/scripts/build_and_test/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/build_and_test/__init__.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def main(args: Namespace) -> None:
             build_output.append(scan_app)
             logs += log
 
-    output = merge_json(build_output, {}, "name")
+    output = merge_json(build_output, [], "name")
 
     with open(args.output_file, 'w') as json_file:
         json.dump(output, json_file, indent=1)
diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index f2403d1..896c940 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def git_setup(repo_name: str, repo_ref: str, repo_url: str, workdir: Path) -> No
         return
 
 
-def merge_json(json1: dict, json2: dict, key: str) -> List:
+def merge_json(json1: list, json2: list, key: str) -> List:
     merged_data = []
 
     for obj1 in json1: