diff --git a/tests/quality/configure.py b/tests/quality/configure.py
index 1782991c..2aa7b577 100644
--- a/tests/quality/configure.py
+++ b/tests/quality/configure.py
@@ -499,9 +499,11 @@ def _install_grype_db(input: str):
     repo_url = f"https://github.com/{repo_user_and_name}"
 
     if input == "latest":
-        latest_url = "https://github.com/anchore/grype-db/releases/latest"
-        logging.info(f"fetching latest release from {latest_url}")
-        version = requests.get(latest_url, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}).json().get("tag_name", "")
+        version = (
+            requests.get("https://github.com/anchore/grype-db/releases/latest", headers={"Accept": "application/json"})
+            .json()
+            .get("tag_name", "")
+        )
         logging.info(f"latest released grype-db version is {version!r}")
 
     elif is_semver: