diff --git a/templates/extension-template-ts/src/build-citation.js b/templates/extension-template-ts/src/build-citation.js
index 7f466028..104c08cc 100644
--- a/templates/extension-template-ts/src/build-citation.js
+++ b/templates/extension-template-ts/src/build-citation.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function cffToJson() {
   const cffFilePath = path.join(templateDir, "CITATION.cff");
   let cffCitation = fs.readFileSync(cffFilePath, "utf-8").toString();
   Cite.async(cffCitation).then((data) => {
-    const apaJson = JSON.stringify(
+    const citationJson = JSON.stringify(
       data.format("data", {
         format: "object",
         lang: "en-US",
diff --git a/templates/plugin-template-js/src/build-citation.js b/templates/plugin-template-js/src/build-citation.js
index bde89069..131d6e96 100644
--- a/templates/plugin-template-js/src/build-citation.js
+++ b/templates/plugin-template-js/src/build-citation.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function cffToJson() {
   const cffFilePath = path.join(templateDir, "CITATION.cff");
   let cffCitation = fs.readFileSync(cffFilePath, "utf-8").toString();
   Cite.async(cffCitation).then((data) => {
-    const apaJson = JSON.stringify(
+    const citationJson = JSON.stringify(
       data.format("data", {
         format: "object",
         lang: "en-US",
diff --git a/templates/plugin-template-ts/src/build-citation.js b/templates/plugin-template-ts/src/build-citation.js
index 5c0d235c..20669faf 100644
--- a/templates/plugin-template-ts/src/build-citation.js
+++ b/templates/plugin-template-ts/src/build-citation.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function cffToJson() {
   const cffFilePath = path.join(templateDir, "CITATION.cff");
   let cffCitation = fs.readFileSync(cffFilePath, "utf-8").toString();
   Cite.async(cffCitation).then((data) => {
-    const apaJson = JSON.stringify(
+    const citationJson = JSON.stringify(
       data.format("data", {
         format: "object",
         lang: "en-US",