diff --git a/.github/actions-scripts/check-for-enterprise-issues-by-label.js b/.github/actions-scripts/check-for-enterprise-issues-by-label.js
index 9158b336d1..6cf6514803 100755
--- a/.github/actions-scripts/check-for-enterprise-issues-by-label.js
+++ b/.github/actions-scripts/check-for-enterprise-issues-by-label.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import { getOctokit } from '@actions/github'
 import { setOutput } from '@actions/core'
 
+const ENTERPRISE_DEPRECATION_LABEL = 'enterprise deprecation'
+const ENTERPRISE_RELEASE_LABEL = 'GHES release tech steps'
+
 async function run() {
   const token = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
   const octokit = getOctokit(token)
@@ -10,10 +13,10 @@ async function run() {
   const queryRelease = encodeURIComponent('is:open repo:github/docs-content is:issue')
 
   const deprecationIssues = await octokit.request(
-    `GET /search/issues?q=${queryDeprecation}+label:"enterprise%20deprecation"`
+    `GET /search/issues?q=${queryDeprecation}+label:"${encodeURI(ENTERPRISE_DEPRECATION_LABEL)}"`
   )
   const releaseIssues = await octokit.request(
-    `GET /search/issues?q=${queryRelease}+label:"enterprise%20release"`
+    `GET /search/issues?q=${queryRelease}+label:"${encodeURI(ENTERPRISE_RELEASE_LABEL)}"`
   )
   const isDeprecationIssue = deprecationIssues.data.items.length === 0 ? 'false' : 'true'
   const isReleaseIssue = releaseIssues.data.items.length === 0 ? 'false' : 'true'