diff --git a/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_contribution_browsertest.cc b/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_contribution_browsertest.cc
index 8aa4fee40e92..a82254b0dfef 100644
--- a/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_contribution_browsertest.cc
+++ b/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_contribution_browsertest.cc
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(RewardsContributionBrowserTest,
 
   const double amount = 5.0;
   contribution_->TipViaCode("bumpsmack.com", amount,
-                            ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::CONNECTED, 1);
-  contribution_->VerifyTip(amount, true, false, true);
+                            ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::NOT_VERIFIED, 0);
+  contribution_->VerifyTip(amount, false, false, true);
 }
 
 IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(
 
   const double amount = 5.0;
   contribution_->TipViaCode("bumpsmack.com", amount,
-                            ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::CONNECTED, 1);
-  contribution_->VerifyTip(amount, true, false, true);
+                            ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::NOT_VERIFIED, 0);
+  contribution_->VerifyTip(amount, false, false, true);
 }
 
 // Reenable when https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/19982 is fixed.
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(RewardsContributionBrowserTest,
 
   const double amount = 5.0;
   contribution_->TipViaCode("bumpsmack.com", amount,
-                            ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::CONNECTED, 0);
+                            ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::NOT_VERIFIED, 0);
 
   contribution_->IsBalanceCorrect();
 
diff --git a/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_notification_browsertest.cc b/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_notification_browsertest.cc
index 0e6aebf159d3..5d607dfa5da1 100644
--- a/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_notification_browsertest.cc
+++ b/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_notification_browsertest.cc
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(
       rewards_browsertest_util::GetUrl(https_server_.get(), "duckduckgo.com"),
       verified);
   context_helper_->VisitPublisher(
-      rewards_browsertest_util::GetUrl(https_server_.get(), "bumpsmack.com"),
+      rewards_browsertest_util::GetUrl(https_server_.get(), "3zsistemi.si"),
       verified);
   context_helper_->VisitPublisher(
       rewards_browsertest_util::GetUrl(https_server_.get(), "brave.com"),
diff --git a/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_publisher_browsertest.cc b/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_publisher_browsertest.cc
index 21fc7f005ff0..bcd028872b12 100644
--- a/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_publisher_browsertest.cc
+++ b/components/brave_rewards/browser/test/rewards_publisher_browsertest.cc
@@ -150,16 +150,15 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(RewardsPublisherBrowserTest, VisitUnverifiedPublisher) {
       false);
 }
 
-// Registered publishers without a wallet address are displayed as verified
+// Registered publishers without a wallet address are displayed as not verified
 IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(RewardsPublisherBrowserTest, VisitRegisteredPublisher) {
   rewards_browsertest_util::CreateRewardsWallet(rewards_service_);
   rewards_service_->SetAutoContributeEnabled(true);
   context_helper_->LoadRewardsPage();
   context_helper_->VisitPublisher(
-      rewards_browsertest_util::GetUrl(
-          https_server_.get(),
-          "registeredsite.com"),
-      true);
+      rewards_browsertest_util::GetUrl(https_server_.get(),
+                                       "registeredsite.com"),
+      false);
 }
 
 }  // namespace rewards_browsertest
diff --git a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/database/database_server_publisher_info.cc b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/database/database_server_publisher_info.cc
index 2bc1e7f90bbb..bb45c31952f4 100644
--- a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/database/database_server_publisher_info.cc
+++ b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/database/database_server_publisher_info.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const char kTableName[] = "server_publisher_info";
 }  // namespace
 
 namespace ledger {
+
 namespace database {
 
 DatabaseServerPublisherInfo::DatabaseServerPublisherInfo(
@@ -144,6 +145,12 @@ void DatabaseServerPublisherInfo::OnGetRecord(
   info->updated_at = GetInt64Column(record, 2);
   info->banner = banner.Clone();
 
+  // The `CONNECTED` status is deprecated. If this value appears in the database
+  // convert it to a valid status.
+  if (info->status == mojom::PublisherStatus::CONNECTED) {
+    info->status = mojom::PublisherStatus::NOT_VERIFIED;
+  }
+
   callback(std::move(info));
 }
 
diff --git a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher.cc b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher.cc
index 643bd1c3acfe..5dd66f033bff 100644
--- a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher.cc
+++ b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ void GetPublisherStatusFromMessage(
     const publishers_pb::ChannelResponse& response,
     ledger::mojom::ServerPublisherInfo* info) {
   DCHECK(info);
-  info->status = ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::CONNECTED;
+  info->status = ledger::mojom::PublisherStatus::NOT_VERIFIED;
   for (const auto& wallet : response.wallets()) {
     if (wallet.has_uphold_wallet()) {
       auto& uphold = wallet.uphold_wallet();
diff --git a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher_unittest.cc b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher_unittest.cc
index 23f75575177a..1d841729fe11 100644
--- a/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher_unittest.cc
+++ b/vendor/bat-native-ledger/src/bat/ledger/internal/endpoint/private_cdn/get_publisher/get_publisher_unittest.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ TEST_F(GetPublisherTest, EmptyWalletAddress) {
   EXPECT_EQ(result, mojom::Result::LEDGER_OK);
   ASSERT_TRUE(info);
   EXPECT_EQ(info->publisher_key, "brave.com");
-  EXPECT_EQ(info->status, mojom::PublisherStatus::CONNECTED);
+  EXPECT_EQ(info->status, mojom::PublisherStatus::NOT_VERIFIED);
   EXPECT_EQ(info->address, "");
 }