diff --git a/packages/codemods/typescript/use-template-literals/src/index.ts b/packages/codemods/typescript/use-template-literals/src/index.ts
index 26c232d9e..c006a9f85 100644
--- a/packages/codemods/typescript/use-template-literals/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/codemods/typescript/use-template-literals/src/index.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ const transformHelper = (node: BinaryExpression, api: API) => {
   const leftNode = node.left;
   const rightNode = node.right;
   const left =
-    leftNode && leftNode.type === "StringLiteral"
+    isStringLiteral(leftNode)
       ? j.literal(leftNode.value)
       : leftNode;
   const right =
-    rightNode && rightNode.type === "StringLiteral"
+    isStringLiteral(rightNode)
       ? j.literal(rightNode.value)
       : rightNode;