diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-deprecating.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-deprecating.yaml
index e1c175d1..b8f73267 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-deprecating.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2-deprecating.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Add a New Deprecation Rule
 description: This requests an OSM tag to be added to list of deprecated tags.
 # title: ''
-labels: deprecating
+labels: deprecating,needs-triage
 # assignees: ''
 body:
   - type: markdown