diff --git a/doc/source/articles/policy_enf_dev.rst b/doc/source/articles/policy_enf_dev.rst
index ba1f24586..db0aff91e 100644
--- a/doc/source/articles/policy_enf_dev.rst
+++ b/doc/source/articles/policy_enf_dev.rst
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@ Transformed to these rules:
 
 Currently only one record for environment is created:
 
-- ``murano:states+("uugi324", "PENDING")``
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+- ``murano:states+("uugi324", "pending")``
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diff --git a/murano/policy/congress_rules.py b/murano/policy/congress_rules.py
index 1054150c6..0beae4fe0 100644
--- a/murano/policy/congress_rules.py
+++ b/murano/policy/congress_rules.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CongressRulesManager(object):
             r = PropertyRule(self._env_id, 'tenant_id', tenant_id)
             self._rules.append(r)
 
-        state_rule = StateRule(self._env_id, 'PENDING')
+        state_rule = StateRule(self._env_id, 'pending')
         self._rules.append(state_rule)
 
         self._walk(model, self._process_item)
diff --git a/murano/tests/unit/policy/test_congress_rules.py b/murano/tests/unit/policy/test_congress_rules.py
index d0d18698c..d77b1e1dd 100644
--- a/murano/tests/unit/policy/test_congress_rules.py
+++ b/murano/tests/unit/policy/test_congress_rules.py
@@ -225,5 +225,5 @@ class TestCongressRules(unittest.TestCase):
         rules_str = self._create_rules_str('model.yaml')
 
         self.assertTrue(
-            'murano:states+("c86104748a0c4907b4c5981e6d3bce9f", "PENDING")'
+            'murano:states+("c86104748a0c4907b4c5981e6d3bce9f", "pending")'
             in rules_str)
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