diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improvement.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improvement.md
index 46a75c2..8a099fb 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improvement.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/improvement.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Improvement request
 about: Suggest an improvement of an existing feature
 title: "[IMPROVEMENT] "
-labels: ["kind/improvement", "require/doc", "require/auto-e2e-test"]
+labels: ["kind/improvement", "require/doc", "require/auto-e2e-test", "require/backport"]
 assignees: ''
 
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