diff --git a/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh b/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh
index e772178a478..f234d09b597 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/fetch_helm_deps.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ command -v go-yq >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     exit 1
 }
 
-cache_path="./tgz_cache"
+# define defaults
+cache_path=${cache_path:-'./tgz_cache'}"
+charts_ath="${charts_ath:-'../../charts'}"
 
 mkdir -p "$cache_path"
 
-charts_ath="../../charts"
-
 trains=(
     "enterprise"
     "stable"