diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
index e11b4187..2bc01011 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Feature request
 about: Suggest a change to the CLI. Do not submit suggestions for patches here.
 title: 'feat: some feature'
-labels: bug
+labels: feature-request
 assignees: TheJeterLP, oSumAtrIX, Sculas, epicsampler
 
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