diff --git a/lib/entry-points.js b/lib/entry-points.js
index 9f141a078..8d6df2f78 100644
--- a/lib/entry-points.js
+++ b/lib/entry-points.js
@@ -187859,8 +187859,8 @@ async function getProxyBinaryPath(action, apiDetails) {
     logger2.info(
       `Using authentication proxy from CodeQL release ${proxyInfo.version}.`
     );
-    let proxyBin = toolcache4.find(proxyFileName, proxyInfo.version);
-    if (!proxyBin) {
+    let proxyDir = toolcache4.find(proxyFileName, proxyInfo.version);
+    if (!proxyDir) {
       logger2.info(
         `Authentication proxy is not in the toolcache. Will try to download it from '${proxyInfo.url}'.`
       );
@@ -187872,15 +187872,15 @@ async function getProxyBinaryPath(action, apiDetails) {
       const temp = await downloadProxy(logger2, proxyInfo.url, authorization);
       logger2.info(`Downloaded the authentication proxy asset to '${temp}'.`);
       const extracted = await extractProxy(logger2, temp);
-      proxyBin = await cacheProxy(
+      proxyDir = await cacheProxy(
         logger2,
         extracted,
         proxyFileName,
         proxyInfo.version
       );
-      logger2.info(`Extracted the authentication proxy to '${proxyBin}'.`);
+      logger2.info(`Extracted the authentication proxy to '${proxyDir}'.`);
     }
-    return path27.join(proxyBin, proxyFileName);
+    return path27.join(proxyDir, proxyFileName);
   } finally {
     logger2.endGroup();
   }
diff --git a/src/start-proxy.ts b/src/start-proxy.ts
index b0cfd6270..c3826ed6e 100644
--- a/src/start-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/start-proxy.ts
@@ -552,9 +552,9 @@ export async function getProxyBinaryPath(
       `Using authentication proxy from CodeQL release ${proxyInfo.version}.`,
     );
 
-    let proxyBin = toolcache.find(proxyFileName, proxyInfo.version);
+    let proxyDir = toolcache.find(proxyFileName, proxyInfo.version);
 
-    if (!proxyBin) {
+    if (!proxyDir) {
       logger.info(
         `Authentication proxy is not in the toolcache. Will try to download it from '${proxyInfo.url}'.`,
       );
@@ -569,16 +569,16 @@ export async function getProxyBinaryPath(
       logger.info(`Downloaded the authentication proxy asset to '${temp}'.`);
 
       const extracted = await extractProxy(logger, temp);
-      proxyBin = await cacheProxy(
+      proxyDir = await cacheProxy(
         logger,
         extracted,
         proxyFileName,
         proxyInfo.version,
       );
 
-      logger.info(`Extracted the authentication proxy to '${proxyBin}'.`);
+      logger.info(`Extracted the authentication proxy to '${proxyDir}'.`);
     }
-    return path.join(proxyBin, proxyFileName);
+    return path.join(proxyDir, proxyFileName);
   } finally {
     logger.endGroup();
   }