diff --git a/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/meta.yaml
index 3154a23..877723f 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pynvjitlink/meta.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     load_file="pynvjitlink/VERSION",
     regex_pattern="(?P<value>.*)"
 )[0] %}
-{% set project_data = data.get("project") %}
+{% set project_data = data["project"] %}
 {% set project_urls = project_data["urls"] %}
 
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