diff --git a/.github/workflows/issues-close-feature-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/issues-close-feature-requests.yml
index b8d7c7d5ba9..951342f1818 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issues-close-feature-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issues-close-feature-requests.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ jobs:
 
             <!-- feature-auto-close-comment -->
       - name: Close Issue
-        run: gh issue close "https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number }}"
+        run: gh issue close "https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number }}" --reason "not_planned"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/4231.md b/upcoming-release-notes/4231.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e5dd47127b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/4231.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [e13h]
+---
+
+Update bot to automatically close feature request GitHub issues as "not planned" instead of "completed"