diff --git a/src/steps/secretScanningAlerts.ts b/src/steps/secretScanningAlerts.ts
index cf20cb6..6c9a842 100644
--- a/src/steps/secretScanningAlerts.ts
+++ b/src/steps/secretScanningAlerts.ts
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ export async function fetchSecretScanningAlerts({
   const restClient = getOrCreateRestClient(config, logger);
 
   await restClient.iterateSecretScanningAlerts(async (alert) => {
-    const secretScanningAlertEntity = (await jobState.addEntity(
-      createSecretScanningAlertEntity(alert),
-    )) as SecretScanningFindingEntity;
-
-    const repoEntityKey =
-      alert.repository?.node_id &&
-      getRepositoryEntityKey(alert.repository.node_id);
+    if (!alert.repository?.node_id) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const secretScanningAlertEntity = await jobState.addEntity(
+      createSecretScanningAlertEntity(alert) as SecretScanningFindingEntity,
+    );
 
-    if (repoEntityKey && jobState.hasKey(repoEntityKey)) {
+    const repoEntityKey = getRepositoryEntityKey(alert.repository.node_id);
+    if (jobState.hasKey(repoEntityKey)) {
       await jobState.addRelationship(
         createDirectRelationship({
           _class: RelationshipClass.HAS,
diff --git a/src/sync/converters.ts b/src/sync/converters.ts
index e6ced55..89f9462 100755
--- a/src/sync/converters.ts
+++ b/src/sync/converters.ts
@@ -193,8 +193,12 @@ export function createCodeScanningFindingEntity(
   });
 }
 
-export function getSecretScanningAlertKey(id: string) {
-  return `github_secret_scanning_finding:${id}`;
+export function getSecretScanningAlertKey(
+  data: SecretScanningAlertQueryResponse,
+) {
+  return `github_secret_scanning_finding:${data.repository!.node_id}:${
+    data.number
+  }`;
 }
 
 export function createSecretScanningAlertEntity(
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ export function createSecretScanningAlertEntity(
       assign: {
         _class: GithubEntities.GITHUB_SECRET_SCANNING_ALERT._class,
         _type: GithubEntities.GITHUB_SECRET_SCANNING_ALERT._type,
-        _key: getSecretScanningAlertKey(String(data.number)),
+        _key: getSecretScanningAlertKey(data),
         displayName: data.secret_type_display_name,
         name: data.secret_type_display_name,
         severity: 'CRITICAL',