diff --git a/plugins/github-actions/README.md b/plugins/github-actions/README.md
index 25cf7d32ca..24bc96937f 100644
--- a/plugins/github-actions/README.md
+++ b/plugins/github-actions/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ TBD
    2. Take Client ID and Client Secret from the newly created app's settings page and put them into `AUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID` and `AUTH_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET` env variables.
 2. Annotate your component with a correct GitHub Actions repository and owner:
 
-   The annotation key is `backstage.io/github-actions-id`.
+   The annotation key is `github.com/project-slug`.
 
    Example:
 
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ TBD
      name: backstage
      description: backstage.io
      annotations:
-       backstage.io/github-actions-id: 'spotify/backstage'
+       github.com/project-slug: 'spotify/backstage'
+
    spec:
      type: website
      lifecycle: production
diff --git a/plugins/github-actions/scripts/sample.yaml b/plugins/github-actions/scripts/sample.yaml
index 3aa75200f5..d582bf9c35 100644
--- a/plugins/github-actions/scripts/sample.yaml
+++ b/plugins/github-actions/scripts/sample.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: backstage
   description: backstage.io
   annotations:
-    backstage.io/github-actions-id: 'spotify/backstage'
+    github.com/project-slug: 'spotify/backstage'
 spec:
   type: website
   lifecycle: production
diff --git a/plugins/github-actions/src/components/useProjectName.ts b/plugins/github-actions/src/components/useProjectName.ts
index d6fe9bd35d..1624b592bd 100644
--- a/plugins/github-actions/src/components/useProjectName.ts
+++ b/plugins/github-actions/src/components/useProjectName.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ export const useProjectName = (name: EntityCompoundName) => {
 
   const { value } = useAsync<string>(async () => {
     const entity = await catalogApi.getEntityByName(name);
-    return (
-      entity?.metadata.annotations?.['backstage.io/github-actions-id'] ?? ''
-    );
+    return entity?.metadata.annotations?.['github.com/project-slug'] ?? '';
   });
   return value;
 };