diff --git a/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml b/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
index 73ef3ce4..72fabfa0 100644
--- a/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
+++ b/packages/system/kubevirt-operator/alerts/PrometheusRule.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
       expr: |
         max_over_time(
           kubevirt_vmi_info{
-            phase!="Running",
+            phase!="running",
             exported_namespace=~".+",
             name=~".+"
           }[10m]