diff --git a/pagure/utils.py b/pagure/utils.py
index 9e2b1dd..a523cda 100644
--- a/pagure/utils.py
+++ b/pagure/utils.py
@@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ def get_merge_options(request, merge_status):
             "message": "The pull-request can be merged with a merge commit",
         },
         "MERGE-non-ff-bad": {
-            "code": "CONFLICTS",
-            "short_code": "Conflicts",
+            "code": "NEEDSREBASE",
+            "short_code": "Needs rebase",
             "message": "The pull-request must be rebased before merging",
         },
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_flask_internal.py b/tests/test_pagure_flask_internal.py
index c9d19d0..29e9224 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_flask_internal.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_flask_internal.py
@@ -1132,9 +1132,9 @@ class PagureFlaskInternaltests(tests.Modeltests):
             output = self.app.post('/pv/pull-request/merge', data=data)
             self.assertEqual(output.status_code, 200)
             exp = {
-              "code": "CONFLICTS",
+              "code": "NEEDSREBASE",
               "message": "The pull-request must be rebased before merging",
-              "short_code": "Conflicts"
+              "short_code": "Needs rebase"
             }
 
             js_data = json.loads(output.get_data(as_text=True))
@@ -1148,9 +1148,9 @@ class PagureFlaskInternaltests(tests.Modeltests):
             output = self.app.post('/pv/pull-request/merge', data=data)
             self.assertEqual(output.status_code, 200)
             exp = {
-              "code": "CONFLICTS",
+              "code": "NEEDSREBASE",
               "message": "The pull-request must be rebased before merging",
-              "short_code": "Conflicts"
+              "short_code": "Needs rebase"
             }
 
             js_data = json.loads(output.get_data(as_text=True))