diff --git a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js
index 903a56d14c1e5f9a7cfc39fa918611e21f473a82..61769eff372f88cdbdf11149c2dc1e68132eca2e 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ async function getPr(iid) {
   pr.number = pr.iid;
   pr.displayNumber = `Merge Request #${pr.iid}`;
   pr.body = pr.description;
+  pr.state = pr.state === 'opened' ? 'open' : pr.state;
   if (pr.merge_status === 'cannot_be_merged') {
     logger.debug('pr cannot be merged');
     pr.canMerge = false;