diff --git a/scripts/common.psm1 b/scripts/common.psm1
index 7a1fb5011f..4f58c0c5ed 100644
--- a/scripts/common.psm1
+++ b/scripts/common.psm1
@@ -163,14 +163,13 @@ function Set-GithubInfo(
 function CommitUpdatedVersions(
     [hashtable]$updatedVars,
     [xml]$dependencies,
-    [string]$depsPath)
+    [string]$depsPath,
+    [string]$subject = 'Updating external dependencies')
 {
     $count = $updatedVars.Count
     if ($count -gt 0) {
         & git add build\dependencies.props
 
-        $subject = "Updating external dependencies"
-
         $gitConfigArgs = @()
         if ($env:GITHUB_USER) {
             $gitConfigArgs += '-c',"user.name=$env:GITHUB_USER"