diff --git a/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml b/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
index 73ef3ce4..c4d73cc5 100644
--- a/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
+++ b/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
       expr: |
         max_over_time(
           kubevirt_vm_info{
-            status!="running",
+            status!="Running",
             exported_namespace=~".+",
             name=~".+"
           }[10m]