diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue-management-stale-action.yml b/.github/workflows/issue-management-stale-action.yml
index 8919531b9e5b..57878e96066d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue-management-stale-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue-management-stale-action.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          # TODO (trask) update back to 7 days after end of year break
-          days-before-stale: 21
+          days-before-stale: 7
           days-before-close: 7
           only-labels: "needs author feedback"
           stale-issue-label: stale