diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py b/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py
index eda0dca7..e75d9755 100644
--- a/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py
+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def error_check_if_exist(url: str)->bool:
     )
 
 
-def validator(package, is_new=False):
+def validator(package, is_new: bool = False):
     """
     Analyzes a zipped file, returns metadata if success, False otherwise.
     If the new icon metadata is found, an inmemory file object is also returned