diff --git a/project/scripts/addToBackportingProject.scala b/project/scripts/addToBackportingProject.scala
index eeb61ab5a7b7..a703d43c2154 100644
--- a/project/scripts/addToBackportingProject.scala
+++ b/project/scripts/addToBackportingProject.scala
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import sttp.client4.*
 lazy val apiToken =
   System.getenv("GRAPHQL_API_TOKEN")
 
-val PROJECT_ID: String = "PVT_kwDOACj3ec4AWSoi"
-val FIELD_ID: String = "PVTF_lADOACj3ec4AWSoizgO7uJ4"
-
 case class ID(value: String) derives WrapperVariable
 
+val PROJECT_ID = ID("PVT_kwDOACj3ec4AWSoi")
+val FIELD_ID = ID("PVTF_lADOACj3ec4AWSoizgO7uJ4")
+
 @main def run(number: Int) =
   val (id, date) = getPrData(number)
   val newId = addItem(id)