diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.test.tsx
index 140eeff15d8..a8d856b3a2e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleEditor.test.tsx
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor', () => {
             grafana_alert: {
               condition: 'B',
               data: getDefaultQueries(),
-              exec_err_state: 'Alerting',
+              exec_err_state: 'Error',
               no_data_state: 'NoData',
               title: 'my great new rule',
             },
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor', () => {
                 namespace_id: 1,
                 condition: 'B',
                 data: getDefaultQueries(),
-                exec_err_state: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.Alerting,
+                exec_err_state: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.Error,
                 no_data_state: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.NoData,
                 title: 'my great new rule',
               },
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ describe('RuleEditor', () => {
               uid,
               condition: 'B',
               data: getDefaultQueries(),
-              exec_err_state: 'Alerting',
+              exec_err_state: 'Error',
               no_data_state: 'NoData',
               title: 'my great new rule',
             },
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
index 321216323da..cdd336af723 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rule-form.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const getDefaultFormValues = (): RuleFormValues => {
     queries: [],
     condition: '',
     noDataState: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.NoData,
-    execErrState: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.Alerting,
+    execErrState: GrafanaAlertStateDecision.Error,
     evaluateEvery: '1m',
     evaluateFor: '5m',