diff --git a/app/services/merge_requests/auto_merge_service.rb b/app/services/merge_requests/auto_merge_service.rb
index 378b39bb9d6dd2edcb4f9aa1b6bff8701c249ced..cdedf48b0c006f39c164d968ceb4130fa35efc66 100644
--- a/app/services/merge_requests/auto_merge_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/merge_requests/auto_merge_service.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module MergeRequests
         create_merge_event(merge_request, current_user)
         create_note(merge_request)
         notification_service.merge_mr(merge_request, current_user)
-        execute_hooks(merge_request)
+        execute_hooks(merge_request, 'merge')
 
         true
       else