diff --git a/src/lib/db/feature-tag-store.ts b/src/lib/db/feature-tag-store.ts
index 2c5ddb23b4..ae0ebc3b2b 100644
--- a/src/lib/db/feature-tag-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/db/feature-tag-store.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class FeatureTagStore implements IFeatureTagStore {
             .catch((err) => {
                 if (err.code === UNIQUE_CONSTRAINT_VIOLATION) {
                     throw new FeatureHasTagError(
-                        `${featureName} already had the tag: [${tag.type}:${tag.value}]`,
+                        `${featureName} already has the tag: [${tag.type}:${tag.value}]`,
                     );
                 } else {
                     throw err;
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts
index ce3a84c181..3226222b5b 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/api/admin/feature.e2e.test.ts
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ test('Tagging a feature with a tag it already has should return 409', async () =
         .expect(409)
         .expect((res) => {
             expect(res.body.details[0].message).toBe(
-                `${feature1Name} already had the tag: [${tag.type}:${tag.value}]`,
+                `${feature1Name} already has the tag: [${tag.type}:${tag.value}]`,
             );
         });
 });
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-tag-store.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-tag-store.e2e.test.ts
index 961f576772..0f35e69fa2 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-tag-store.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/stores/feature-tag-store.e2e.test.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test('should throw if feature have tag', async () => {
     try {
         await featureTagStore.tagFeature(featureName, tag);
     } catch (e) {
-        expect(e.message).toContain('already had the tag');
+        expect(e.message).toContain('already has the tag');
     }
 });