diff --git a/src/sentry/monitors/models.py b/src/sentry/monitors/models.py
index 0a760715584d80..b6ea543ef91c0b 100644
--- a/src/sentry/monitors/models.py
+++ b/src/sentry/monitors/models.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         "schedule_type": {"type": "integer"},
         "schedule": {"type": ["string", "array"]},
         "alert_rule_id": {"type": ["integer", "null"]},
-        "issue_threshold": {"type": ["integer", "null"]},
+        "failure_issue_threshold": {"type": ["integer", "null"]},
         "recovery_threshold": {"type": ["integer", "null"]},
     },
     # TODO(davidenwang): Old monitors may not have timezone or schedule_type, these should be added here once we've cleaned up old data
diff --git a/src/sentry/monitors/validators.py b/src/sentry/monitors/validators.py
index 10ddedd2acedb8..ad993264b77666 100644
--- a/src/sentry/monitors/validators.py
+++ b/src/sentry/monitors/validators.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class ConfigValidator(serializers.Serializer):
         help_text="tz database style timezone string",
     )
 
-    issue_threshold = EmptyIntegerField(
+    failure_issue_threshold = EmptyIntegerField(
         required=False,
         allow_null=True,
         default=None,
diff --git a/tests/sentry/monitors/endpoints/test_organization_monitor_index.py b/tests/sentry/monitors/endpoints/test_organization_monitor_index.py
index 484cb62657b4ea..affc38a6b4203b 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/monitors/endpoints/test_organization_monitor_index.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/monitors/endpoints/test_organization_monitor_index.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def test_simple(self, mock_record):
             "schedule": "0 0 * * *",
             "checkin_margin": None,
             "max_runtime": None,
-            "issue_threshold": None,
+            "failure_issue_threshold": None,
             "recovery_threshold": None,
         }