diff --git a/apps/silo/src/apps/github/workers/github/event-handlers/issue.handler.ts b/apps/silo/src/apps/github/workers/github/event-handlers/issue.handler.ts
index 665719ccab..ff57bf2e23 100644
--- a/apps/silo/src/apps/github/workers/github/event-handlers/issue.handler.ts
+++ b/apps/silo/src/apps/github/workers/github/event-handlers/issue.handler.ts
@@ -130,17 +130,8 @@ export const syncIssueWithPlane = async (store: Store, data: GithubIssueDedupPay
       issue ? true : false
     );
 
-    const states = (await planeClient.state.list(entityConnection.workspace_slug, entityConnection.project_id ?? ""))
-      .results;
     const users = await planeClient.users.list(entityConnection.workspace_slug, entityConnection.project_id ?? "");
 
-    if (planeIssue.state) {
-      const state = states.find((s) => s.name === planeIssue.state);
-      if (state) {
-        planeIssue.state = state.id;
-      }
-    }
-
     if (planeIssue.labels) {
       const labels = (await planeClient.label.list(entityConnection.workspace_slug, entityConnection.project_id ?? ""))
         .results;
diff --git a/packages/etl/src/github/etl/transform-to-plane.ts b/packages/etl/src/github/etl/transform-to-plane.ts
index 6c4a87af61..58fcf9a105 100644
--- a/packages/etl/src/github/etl/transform-to-plane.ts
+++ b/packages/etl/src/github/etl/transform-to-plane.ts
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ export const transformGitHubIssue = async (
   let targetState: string | undefined = undefined;
   if (issue.state) {
     const states = (await planeClient.state.list(workspaceSlug, projectId)).results;
-    const backlogState = states.find((state) => state.name.toLowerCase() === "backlog");
-    const doneState = states.find((state) => state.name.toLowerCase() === "done");
+    const backlogState = states.find((state) => state.group === "backlog");
+    const doneState = states.find((state) => state.group === "completed");
     if (issue.state === "open") {
       targetState = backlogState?.id;
     } else if (issue.state === "closed") {