diff --git a/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-api/gitlab-api.service.ts b/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-api/gitlab-api.service.ts
index 24400826db6..60fef29d437 100644
--- a/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-api/gitlab-api.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-api/gitlab-api.service.ts
@@ -212,13 +212,13 @@ export class GitlabApiService {
     time_estimate: null | number;
     total_time_spent: null | number;
   }*/
-    const iid = this._getIidFromIssue(issueId);
+
     return this._sendRawRequest$(
       {
         url: `${this._apiLink(
           cfg,
           cfg.project || undefined,
-        )}/issues/${iid}/add_spent_time`,
+        )}/issues/${issueId}/add_spent_time`,
         method: 'POST',
         data: {
           duration,
diff --git a/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-common-interfaces.service.ts b/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-common-interfaces.service.ts
index e04a82f2d15..244ac53860b 100644
--- a/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-common-interfaces.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/issue/providers/gitlab/gitlab-common-interfaces.service.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export class GitlabCommonInterfacesService implements IssueServiceInterface {
       issuePoints: issue.weight,
       issueWasUpdated: false,
       issueLastUpdated: new Date(issue.updated_at).getTime(),
-      issueId: issue.id as string,
+      issueId: issue.number.toString(),
     };
   }