diff --git a/libs/hdf-converters/data/converters/cciListXml2json.ts b/libs/hdf-converters/data/converters/cciListXml2json.ts
index ea8adebdb..a9b217f40 100644
--- a/libs/hdf-converters/data/converters/cciListXml2json.ts
+++ b/libs/hdf-converters/data/converters/cciListXml2json.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ if (scriptIsCalled) {
   }
 }
 
-const CCIS_KEY = 'ccis';
+export const CCIS_KEY = 'ccis';
+export const DELIMITER = ' ';
 
 type Leaf = {
   [CCIS_KEY]?: string[];
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ export function removeParentheses(key: string): string {
 }
 
 function unflatten(fullNistPathToListOfCcis: Record<string, string[]>): Trie {
-  const DELIMITER = ' ';
   const result = {};
   const keys = _.keys(fullNistPathToListOfCcis);
   for (const key of keys) {
diff --git a/libs/hdf-converters/src/mappings/CciNistMapping.ts b/libs/hdf-converters/src/mappings/CciNistMapping.ts
index a82103f1f..a102933c9 100644
--- a/libs/hdf-converters/src/mappings/CciNistMapping.ts
+++ b/libs/hdf-converters/src/mappings/CciNistMapping.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import {NIST_TO_CCI} from '../mappings/NistCciMappingData';
 import {is_control, parse_nist} from 'inspecjs';
 import {CCI_TO_NIST} from './CciNistMappingData';
-import {removeParentheses} from '../../data/converters/cciListXml2json';
+import {
+  CCIS_KEY,
+  DELIMITER,
+  removeParentheses
+} from '../../data/converters/cciListXml2json';
 
 export function CCI2NIST(
   identifiers: string[],
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ export function NIST2CCI(
   collapse = true
 ): string[] {
   const DEFAULT_CCI_TAGS = defaultNist2Cci || [];
-  const createPath = (nist: string) => [...nist.split(' '), 'ccis'];
+  const createPath = (nist: string) => [...nist.split(DELIMITER), CCIS_KEY];
   const nists = identifiers.map(parse_nist);
   const controls = nists.filter(is_control);
   const paths = controls.map((control) =>