diff --git a/includes/data/connection/class-variation-attribute-connection-resolver.php b/includes/data/connection/class-variation-attribute-connection-resolver.php
index db720544..1a975c89 100644
--- a/includes/data/connection/class-variation-attribute-connection-resolver.php
+++ b/includes/data/connection/class-variation-attribute-connection-resolver.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public static function variation_attributes_to_data_array( $attrs, $variation_id
 					'id'          => $id,
 					'attributeId' => $term->term_id,
 					'name'        => $term->taxonomy,
-					'value'       => $term->name,
+					'value'       => $term->slug,
 				];
 			}
 		}//end foreach