diff --git a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
index 329cfd5e5..85320baef 100644
--- a/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
+++ b/src/registrar/forms/application_wizard.py
@@ -49,20 +49,25 @@ class ContactForm(forms.Form):
     street_address = forms.CharField(label="Street address")
 
 
-ORGANIZATION_TITLE = "About your organization"
-CONTACT_TITLE = "Your organization's contact information"
 # List of forms in our wizard. Each entry is a tuple of a name and a form
 # subclass
 FORMS = [
-    (ORGANIZATION_TITLE, OrganizationForm),
-    (CONTACT_TITLE, ContactForm),
+    ("organization", OrganizationForm),
+    ("contact", ContactForm),
 ]
 
 # Dict to match up the right template with the right step. Keys here must
-# match the first elements of the tuples above
+# match the first elements of the tuples in FORMS
 TEMPLATES = {
-    ORGANIZATION_TITLE: "application_organization.html",
-    CONTACT_TITLE: "application_contact.html",
+    "organization": "application_organization.html",
+    "contact": "application_contact.html",
+}
+
+# We need to pass our page titles as context to the templates, indexed
+# by the step names
+TITLES = {
+    "organization": "About your organization",
+    "contact": "Your organization's contact information",
 }
 
 
@@ -85,5 +90,11 @@ class ApplicationWizard(LoginRequiredMixin, NamedUrlSessionWizardView):
         """
         return [TEMPLATES[self.steps.current]]
 
+    def get_context_data(self, form, **kwargs):
+        """Add title information to the context for all steps."""
+        context = super().get_context_data(form=form, **kwargs)
+        context["form_titles"] = TITLES
+        return context
+
     def done(self, form_list, **kwargs):
         logger.info("Application form submitted.")
diff --git a/src/registrar/templates/application_sidebar.html b/src/registrar/templates/application_sidebar.html
index 9f2dfffaa..be713bbe8 100644
--- a/src/registrar/templates/application_sidebar.html
+++ b/src/registrar/templates/application_sidebar.html
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
         {% if forloop.counter <= wizard.steps.step1 %}
           <a href="{% url wizard.url_name step=this_step %}" 
           {% if this_step == wizard.steps.current %}class="usa-current"{% endif%}>
-          {{ this_step }}
+          {{ form_titles|get_item:this_step }}
           </a>
         {% else %}
-          {{ this_step }}
+          {{ form_titles|get_item:this_step }}
         {% endif %}
       </li>
     {% endfor %}
diff --git a/src/registrar/templatetags/__init__.py b/src/registrar/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..013c5a89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/registrar/templatetags/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""Custom template tags to make our lives easier."""
+
+from django.template.defaulttags import register
+
+
+@register.filter
+def get_item(dictionary, key):
+    return dictionary.get(key)
diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py b/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py
index 7372ae5d9..0c3c00b2c 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/test_views.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class FormTests(TestWithUser, WebTest):
         # 302 redirect to the first form
         page = self.app.get(reverse("application")).follow()
         form = page.form
-        form["About your organization-organization_type"] = "Federal"
+        form["organization-organization_type"] = "Federal"
         result = page.form.submit().follow()
         # Got the next form page
         self.assertIn("contact information", result)