diff --git a/src/registrar/fixtures_applications.py b/src/registrar/fixtures_applications.py
index 7f6a63719..69dfd0e50 100644
--- a/src/registrar/fixtures_applications.py
+++ b/src/registrar/fixtures_applications.py
@@ -49,27 +49,27 @@ class DomainApplicationFixture:
     # },
     DA = [
         {
-            "status": "started",
+            "status": DomainApplication.ApplicationStatus.STARTED,
             "organization_name": "Example - Finished but not submitted",
         },
         {
-            "status": "submitted",
+            "status": DomainApplication.ApplicationStatus.SUBMITTED,
             "organization_name": "Example - Submitted but pending investigation",
         },
         {
-            "status": "in review",
+            "status": DomainApplication.ApplicationStatus.IN_REVIEW,
             "organization_name": "Example - In investigation",
         },
         {
-            "status": "in review",
+            "status": DomainApplication.ApplicationStatus.IN_REVIEW,
             "organization_name": "Example - Approved",
         },
         {
-            "status": "withdrawn",
+            "status": DomainApplication.ApplicationStatus.WITHDRAWN,
             "organization_name": "Example - Withdrawn",
         },
         {
-            "status": "action needed",
+            "status": DomainApplication.ApplicationStatus.ACTION_NEEDED,
             "organization_name": "Example - Action needed",
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/registrar/migrations/0053_alter_domain_state_alter_domainapplication_status_and_more.py b/src/registrar/migrations/0053_alter_domain_state_alter_domainapplication_status_and_more.py
index 856ce7f0f..2abf31364 100644
--- a/src/registrar/migrations/0053_alter_domain_state_alter_domainapplication_status_and_more.py
+++ b/src/registrar/migrations/0053_alter_domain_state_alter_domainapplication_status_and_more.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2023-12-05 22:07
+# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2023-12-06 16:16
 
 from django.db import migrations, models
 import django_fsm
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 max_length=50,
             ),
         ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="domaininvitation",
+            name="status",
+            field=django_fsm.FSMField(
+                choices=[("invited", "Invited"), ("retrieved", "Retrieved")],
+                default="invited",
+                max_length=50,
+                protected=True,
+            ),
+        ),
         migrations.AlterField(
             model_name="transitiondomain",
             name="status",
diff --git a/src/registrar/migrations/0054_alter_domainapplication_status.py b/src/registrar/migrations/0054_alter_domainapplication_status.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c0c427179..000000000
--- a/src/registrar/migrations/0054_alter_domainapplication_status.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2023-12-05 23:14
-
-from django.db import migrations
-import django_fsm
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("registrar", "0053_alter_domain_state_alter_domainapplication_status_and_more"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name="domainapplication",
-            name="status",
-            field=django_fsm.FSMField(
-                choices=[
-                    ("started", "Started"),
-                    ("submitted", "Submitted"),
-                    ("in_review", "In review"),
-                    ("action_needed", "Action needed"),
-                    ("approved", "Approved"),
-                    ("withdrawn", "Withdrawn"),
-                    ("rejected", "Rejected"),
-                    ("ineligible", "Ineligible"),
-                ],
-                default="started",
-                max_length=50,
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
index 32cd239dc..8a56fb883 100644
--- a/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
+++ b/src/registrar/models/domain_application.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class DomainApplication(TimeStampedModel):
     class ApplicationStatus(models.TextChoices):
         STARTED = "started", "Started"
         SUBMITTED = "submitted", "Submitted"
-        IN_REVIEW = "in_review", "In review"
-        ACTION_NEEDED = "action_needed", "Action needed"
+        IN_REVIEW = "in review", "In review"
+        ACTION_NEEDED = "action needed", "Action needed"
         APPROVED = "approved", "Approved"
         WITHDRAWN = "withdrawn", "Withdrawn"
         REJECTED = "rejected", "Rejected"