diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml
index ac792a84e4e410..ca2bd3a0d86caf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-stale-feature-requests.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           close-issue-message: ${{ env.CLOSE_MESSAGE }}
           stale-issue-message: ${{ env.WARN_MESSAGE }}
           only-labels: feature request
-          exempt-pr-labels: never-stale
+          exempt-issue-labels: never-stale
           # max requests it will send per run to the GitHub API before it deliberately exits to avoid hitting API rate limits
           operations-per-run: 500
           remove-stale-when-updated: true