diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-keys-work.md b/.changeset/lazy-keys-work.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a01662929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-keys-work.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-circleci': patch
+---
+
+Fixes row display for in progress jobs to not display trailing "took"
diff --git a/plugins/circleci/src/components/BuildsPage/lib/CITable/CITable.tsx b/plugins/circleci/src/components/BuildsPage/lib/CITable/CITable.tsx
index 82ee144a24..a9d19bf6db 100644
--- a/plugins/circleci/src/components/BuildsPage/lib/CITable/CITable.tsx
+++ b/plugins/circleci/src/components/BuildsPage/lib/CITable/CITable.tsx
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ const generatedColumns: TableColumn[] = [
           run {relativeTimeTo(row?.startTime)}
         </Typography>
         <Typography variant="body2">
-          took {durationHumanized(row?.startTime, row?.stopTime)}
+          {row?.stopTime
+            ? `took ${durationHumanized(row?.startTime, row?.stopTime)}`
+            : ''}
         </Typography>
       </>
     ),