diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/schema.graphql b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/schema.graphql
index 21aef663b61ec..2736a25369d45 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/schema.graphql
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/schema.graphql
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ enum AssetEventType {
 }
 
 input BulkActionsFilter {
-  status: [BulkActionStatus!]
+  status: BulkActionStatus
   createdBefore: Float
   createdAfter: Float
 }
diff --git a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/types.ts b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/types.ts
index 801c9323f11a3..f0c9c97d8b034 100644
--- a/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/types.ts
+++ b/js_modules/dagster-ui/packages/ui-core/src/graphql/types.ts
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ export enum BulkActionStatus {
 export type BulkActionsFilter = {
   createdAfter?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Float']['input']>;
   createdBefore?: InputMaybe<Scalars['Float']['input']>;
-  status?: InputMaybe<Array<BulkActionStatus>>;
+  status?: InputMaybe<BulkActionStatus>;
 };
 
 export type CancelBackfillResult = CancelBackfillSuccess | PythonError | UnauthorizedError;
@@ -6984,7 +6984,10 @@ export const buildBulkActionsFilter = (
       overrides && overrides.hasOwnProperty('createdAfter') ? overrides.createdAfter! : 6.09,
     createdBefore:
       overrides && overrides.hasOwnProperty('createdBefore') ? overrides.createdBefore! : 1.5,
-    status: overrides && overrides.hasOwnProperty('status') ? overrides.status! : [],
+    status:
+      overrides && overrides.hasOwnProperty('status')
+        ? overrides.status!
+        : BulkActionStatus.CANCELED,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql/schema/inputs.py b/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql/schema/inputs.py
index 7c6398de07a20..eb3834f91c9d2 100644
--- a/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql/schema/inputs.py
+++ b/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql/schema/inputs.py
@@ -379,9 +379,7 @@ class Meta:
 
 
 class GrapheneBulkActionsFilter(graphene.InputObjectType):
-    status = graphene.List(
-        graphene.NonNull("dagster_graphql.schema.backfill.GrapheneBulkActionStatus")
-    )
+    status = graphene.InputField("dagster_graphql.schema.backfill.GrapheneBulkActionStatus")
     createdBefore = graphene.InputField(graphene.Float)
     createdAfter = graphene.InputField(graphene.Float)
 
@@ -390,11 +388,7 @@ class Meta:
         name = "BulkActionsFilter"
 
     def to_selector(self):
-        if self.status:
-            status = BulkActionStatus.from_graphql_input(self.status)
-        else:
-            status = None
-
+        status = BulkActionStatus[self.status.value] if self.status else None
         created_before = datetime_from_timestamp(self.createdBefore) if self.createdBefore else None
         created_after = datetime_from_timestamp(self.createdAfter) if self.createdAfter else None
 
diff --git a/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql_tests/graphql/test_asset_backfill.py b/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql_tests/graphql/test_asset_backfill.py
index aaf5014daf5ec..ad6591dc4361a 100644
--- a/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql_tests/graphql/test_asset_backfill.py
+++ b/python_modules/dagster-graphql/dagster_graphql_tests/graphql/test_asset_backfill.py
@@ -1176,7 +1176,6 @@ def test_get_backfills_with_filters():
                 backfill = instance.get_backfill(backfill_id)
                 all_backfills.append(backfill)
 
-            # on PartitionBackfills
             get_backfills_result = execute_dagster_graphql(
                 context,
                 BACKFILLS_WITH_FILTERS_QUERY,
@@ -1200,3 +1199,9 @@ def test_get_backfills_with_filters():
 
             for result in backfill_results:
                 assert result["timestamp"] > all_backfills[3].backfill_timestamp
+
+            get_backfills_result = execute_dagster_graphql(
+                context,
+                BACKFILLS_WITH_FILTERS_QUERY,
+                variables={"filters": {"status": "REQUESTED"}},
+            )