diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
index da8ef179a0e6..20a4e24d023e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
             gh pr create \
               --repo "${{github.repository }}"\
               --title "Release: Merge patches to \`main\` (without version bump)" \
-              --label "build" \
+              --label "release" \
               --base latest-release \
               --head version-patch-from-${{ steps.versions.outputs.current }} \
               --body "${{ steps.description.outputs.description }}"