diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ To make a GitHub issue for movie-web, please visit the [new issue page](https://
 
 When filling out an issue template, please include as much detail as possible and any screenshots or console logs as appropriate.
 
-After an issue is created, it will be assigned either the https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/bug or https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/feature label, along with https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/awaiting-approval. One of our maintainers will review your issue and, if it's accepted, will set the https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/planned label.
+After an issue is created, it will be assigned either the https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/bug or https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/feature label, along with https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/awaiting-approval. One of our maintainers will review your issue and, if it's accepted, will set the https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/approved label.
 
 ## Before you start!
 Before starting a contribution, please check your contribution is part of an open issue on [our issues page](https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/issues). 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ If a pull request is opened before an issue is created and accepted, you may ris
 > **Note**
 > The exception to this are language contributions, which are discussed in [this section](#language-contributions)
 
-Also, make sure that the issue you would like to work on has been given the https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/planned label by a maintainer. Otherwise, if we reject the issue, it means your work will have gone to waste!
+Also, make sure that the issue you would like to work on has been given the https://github.com/movie-web/movie-web/labels/approved label by a maintainer. Otherwise, if we reject the issue, it means your work will have gone to waste!
 
 ## Contributing
 If you're here because you'd like to work on an issue, amazing! Thank you for even considering contributing to movie-web; it means a lot :heart: