diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/dataset-request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/dataset-request.md
index b9c12188..c26b5cef 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/dataset-request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/dataset-request.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Dataset request
 about: Suggest a dataset to be ingested for this project
 title: ''
-labels: ''
+labels: new data source
 assignees: ''
 
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