diff --git a/addons/project/views/project_update_views.xml b/addons/project/views/project_update_views.xml
index a934dafd110..e9978be2f31 100644
--- a/addons/project/views/project_update_views.xml
+++ b/addons/project/views/project_update_views.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="col-sm-2 text-sm-start col-6 align-end">
                                     <field name="color" invisible="1"/>
-                                    <b><field name="status" widget="status_with_color"/></b>
+                                    <b><field name="status" readonly="1" widget="status_with_color"/></b>
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="col-sm-2 col-6 pb-0">
                                     <b><field name="progress_percentage" widget="percentage"/></b>