diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-checks-python.yml b/.github/workflows/run-checks-python.yml
index 3b3ed13e6d95..b21f92706880 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-checks-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-checks-python.yml
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Lint Python
         run: "cd dev-tools/scripts && make"
+        env:
+          RUFF_OUTPUT_FORMAT: github
diff --git a/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py b/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
index fbcb0586cd2e..5807244c2d00 100755
--- a/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
+++ b/dev-tools/scripts/smokeTestRelease.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def getHREFs(urlString: str):
   return links
 
 
-def load(urlString: str):
+def load(urlStringOther: str):
   try:
     content = urllib.request.urlopen(urlString).read().decode("utf-8")
   except Exception as e: