diff --git a/src/models/store.js b/src/models/store.js
index a44fce3f..13dbb1b6 100644
--- a/src/models/store.js
+++ b/src/models/store.js
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ const installationschema = new mongoose.Schema({
     },
     category: {
       type: String,
-      enum: ["Power Outage", "Resolved", "Escalation"],
+      enum: ["Power Outage", "Resolved", "Escalation","Pending"],
       required: true
     },
     ticketId: String,
diff --git a/src/routes/installationRoute.js b/src/routes/installationRoute.js
index 4f5abd55..717c8469 100644
--- a/src/routes/installationRoute.js
+++ b/src/routes/installationRoute.js
@@ -842,7 +842,8 @@ module.exports = function (fastify, opts, next) {
                 type: 'string',
                 enum: ["Power Outage",
           "Resolved",
-          "Escalation"]
+          "Escalation",
+        "Pending"]
               }
             }
           },