diff --git a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/rewrite_json.rs b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/rewrite_json.rs
index 9c23b6608c3d70..c233273cd455ec 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/rewrite_json.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/rewrite_json.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ fn get_closest_node<'a>(
     current_node: &'a jsonc_parser::ast::Value<'a>,
     target_path: &[&str],
     current_path: &'a mut Vec<&'a str>,
-) -> (&'a mut Vec<&'a str>, &'a jsonc_parser::ast::Value<'a>) {
+) -> (&'a Vec<&'a str>, &'a jsonc_parser::ast::Value<'a>) {
     // No target_path? We've arrived.
     if target_path.is_empty() {
         return (current_path, current_node);