diff --git a/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml b/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml
index 8917c8bab7..4b35dba871 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/cve-feed.rss.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       <pubDate>{{ time.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" .date_published | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
       <guid>{{ .external_url }}</guid>
       <description>{{ htmlEscape .summary }}</description>
-      <status>{{ .status }}</status>
+      <category term="{{ .status }}" scheme="https://k8s.io/2024-06-27/cve-item-status" />
     </item>
     {{ end -}}
   </channel>