diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 0142f7073..e308b978b 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ class IssuesProcessor {
             });
             const events = yield this.client.paginate(options);
             const reversedEvents = events.reverse();
-            const staleLabeledEvent = reversedEvents.find(event => event.event === 'labeled' && event.label.name === label);
+            const staleLabeledEvent = reversedEvents.find(event => event.event === 'labeled' && is_labeled_1.cleanLabel(event.label.name) === is_labeled_1.cleanLabel(label));
             if (!staleLabeledEvent) {
                 // Must be old rather than labeled
                 return undefined;
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.isLabeled = void 0;
+exports.cleanLabel = exports.isLabeled = void 0;
 const lodash_deburr_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(1601));
 /**
  * @description
@@ -1844,6 +1844,7 @@ exports.isLabeled = isLabeled;
 function cleanLabel(label) {
     return lodash_deburr_1.default(label.toLowerCase());
 }
+exports.cleanLabel = cleanLabel;
 
 
 /***/ }),
diff --git a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
index b28649f76..1cb96a605 100644
--- a/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
+++ b/src/classes/issues-processor.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {getHumanizedDate} from '../functions/dates/get-humanized-date';
 import {isDateMoreRecentThan} from '../functions/dates/is-date-more-recent-than';
 import {isValidDate} from '../functions/dates/is-valid-date';
 import {isBoolean} from '../functions/is-boolean';
-import {isLabeled} from '../functions/is-labeled';
+import {cleanLabel, isLabeled} from '../functions/is-labeled';
 import {shouldMarkWhenStale} from '../functions/should-mark-when-stale';
 import {wordsToList} from '../functions/words-to-list';
 import {IComment} from '../interfaces/comment';
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ export class IssuesProcessor {
     const reversedEvents = events.reverse();
 
     const staleLabeledEvent = reversedEvents.find(
-      event => event.event === 'labeled' && event.label.name === label
+      event => event.event === 'labeled' && cleanLabel(event.label.name) === cleanLabel(label)
     );
 
     if (!staleLabeledEvent) {
diff --git a/src/functions/is-labeled.ts b/src/functions/is-labeled.ts
index 890de3ade..267162769 100644
--- a/src/functions/is-labeled.ts
+++ b/src/functions/is-labeled.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ export function isLabeled(
   });
 }
 
-function cleanLabel(label: Readonly<string>): CleanLabel {
+export function cleanLabel(label: Readonly<string>): CleanLabel {
   return deburr(label.toLowerCase());
 }