diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aa522c5b..df5431e0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "GitPython<4",
     "isort>=5.12,<6.1",
     "libcst>=1.7,<1.8",
-    "packaging>=25,<25.1",
+    "packaging>=24.2,<25.1",
     # do not update pydantic due to inconsistent test failures
     "pydantic~=2.10.6",
     "pylint>=3.3,<3.4",
diff --git a/src/codemodder/result.py b/src/codemodder/result.py
index ecc5a03e..c221fa84 100644
--- a/src/codemodder/result.py
+++ b/src/codemodder/result.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class Result(ABCDataclass):
     locations: Sequence[Location]
     codeflows: Sequence[Sequence[Location]] = field(default_factory=tuple)
     related_locations: Sequence[LocationWithMessage] = field(default_factory=tuple)
-    finding: Finding | None = None
+    finding: Finding
 
     def match_location(self, pos: CodeRange, node: cst.CSTNode) -> bool:
         del node
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ def match_location(self, pos: CodeRange, node: cst.CSTNode) -> bool:
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.rule_id)
 
+    def get_locations(self) -> Sequence[Sequence[Location]]:
+        return self.codeflows or (
+            [self.locations]
+            if self.locations
+            else [[loc.location for loc in self.related_locations]]
+        )
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True)
 class SASTResult(Result):