diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 6482df2c..b03c8142 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 
 ## Categorise the PR
 <!-- Select at least one category from below that best describes this PR and what it does -->
-- [ ] feature
-- [ ] bug
-- [ ] docs
-- [ ] meta
-
-- [ ] patch
-- [ ] minor
-- [ ] major
+- [ ] `feature`
+- [ ] `bug`
+- [ ] `docs`
+- [ ] `meta`
+- [ ] `patch`
+- [ ] `minor`
+- [ ] `major`
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml
index 9934683f..1646b127 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-labels.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: harupy/auto-labeling@master
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          label-pattern: '- \[(.*?)\] ?(.+?)' # matches '- [x] `label`'
+          label-pattern: '- \[(.*?)\] ?`(.+?)`' # matches '- [x] `label`'