diff --git a/pype/plugins/ftrack/publish/integrate_hierarchy_ftrack.py b/pype/plugins/ftrack/publish/integrate_hierarchy_ftrack.py
index 2ee0898711..e4496138bb 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/ftrack/publish/integrate_hierarchy_ftrack.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/ftrack/publish/integrate_hierarchy_ftrack.py
@@ -142,11 +142,10 @@ class IntegrateHierarchyToFtrack(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
                     existing_tasks.append(child['name'].lower())
                     # existing_tasks.append(child['type']['name'])
 
-            for task in tasks:
-                task_name = next(iter(task))
-                task_type = task[task_name]["type"]
+            for task_name in tasks:
+                task_type = tasks[task_name]["type"]
                 if task_name.lower() in existing_tasks:
-                    print("Task {} already exists".format(task))
+                    print("Task {} already exists".format(task_name))
                     continue
                 tasks_to_create.append((task_name, task_type))
 
diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_hierarchy_avalon.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_hierarchy_avalon.py
index 64df672709..72cd935c2d 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_hierarchy_avalon.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_hierarchy_avalon.py
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ class ExtractHierarchyToAvalon(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
                     new_tasks = data.pop("tasks", {})
                     if "tasks" not in cur_entity_data and not new_tasks:
                         continue
-                    for task in new_tasks:
+                    for task_name in new_tasks:
                         task_name = next(iter(task))
                         if task_name in cur_entity_data["tasks"].keys():
                             continue
-                        cur_entity_data["tasks"][task_name] = task[task_name]
+                        cur_entity_data["tasks"][task_name] = new_tasks[task_name]
                     cur_entity_data.update(data)
                     data = cur_entity_data
                 else:
diff --git a/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_shots.py b/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_shots.py
index 6f83e08fbe..ed658a19a9 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_shots.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_shots.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class CollectShots(api.InstancePlugin):
             "{} - {} - tasks:{} - assetbuilds:{} - comments:{}".format(
                 data["asset"],
                 data["subset"],
-                [task.keys()[0] for task in data["tasks"]],
+                [task for task in data["tasks"]],
                 [x["name"] for x in data.get("assetbuilds", [])],
                 len(data.get("comments", []))
             )
diff --git a/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_tag_tasks.py b/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_tag_tasks.py
index dbcf5e5260..ae4578bbf7 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_tag_tasks.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/hiero/publish/collect_tag_tasks.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class CollectClipTagTasks(api.InstancePlugin):
         # gets tags
         tags = instance.data["tags"]
 
-        tasks = list()
+        tasks = dict()
         for t in tags:
             t_metadata = dict(t["metadata"])
             t_family = t_metadata.get("tag.family", "")
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class CollectClipTagTasks(api.InstancePlugin):
             if "task" in t_family:
                 t_task_name = t_metadata.get("tag.label", "")
                 t_task_type = t_metadata.get("tag.type", "")
-                tasks.append({t_task_name: {"type": t_task_type}})
+                tasks[t_task_name] = {"type": t_task_type}
 
         instance.data["tasks"] = tasks