diff --git a/pkg/addon/addon.go b/pkg/addon/addon.go
index 36ea10d88..ebfc28210 100644
--- a/pkg/addon/addon.go
+++ b/pkg/addon/addon.go
@@ -1626,8 +1626,8 @@ func (h *Installer) renderNotes(addon *InstallPackage) (string, error) {
 	}
 	notesFile := contextFile + "\n" + addon.Notes.Data
 	val := cuecontext.New().CompileString(notesFile)
-	if val.Err() != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "build values for NOTES.cue")
+	if valErr := val.Err(); valErr != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(valErr, "build values for NOTES.cue")
 	}
 	notes := val.LookupPath(cue.ParsePath(KeyWordNotes))
 	if !notes.Exists() {
diff --git a/pkg/utils/file.go b/pkg/utils/file.go
index 8e8e16def..00b3ff1ec 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/file.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/file.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func LoadDataFromPath(ctx context.Context, path string, pathFilter func(string)
 	}
 	bs, e := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(path))
 	if e != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %w", path, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %w", path, e)
 	}
 	return []FileData{{Path: path, Data: bs}}, nil
 }