diff --git a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivity.java b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivity.java
index f936f9d93788..214cb323cd2e 100644
--- a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivity.java
+++ b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivity.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 package io.airbyte.workers.temporal.scheduling.activities;
 
+import io.airbyte.api.client.model.generated.ConnectionStatus;
 import io.airbyte.config.StandardSync;
-import io.airbyte.config.StandardSync.Status;
 import io.airbyte.config.persistence.ConfigNotFoundException;
 import io.airbyte.validation.json.JsonValidationException;
 import io.temporal.activity.ActivityInterface;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public interface ConfigFetchActivity {
   Optional<UUID> getSourceId(UUID connectionId);
 
   @ActivityMethod
-  Optional<Status> getStatus(UUID connectionId);
+  Optional<ConnectionStatus> getStatus(UUID connectionId);
 
   @Data
   @NoArgsConstructor
diff --git a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivityImpl.java b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivityImpl.java
index 8eb3e53a82b5..27df5e708f25 100644
--- a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivityImpl.java
+++ b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/scheduling/activities/ConfigFetchActivityImpl.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import io.airbyte.api.client.generated.ConnectionApi;
 import io.airbyte.api.client.invoker.generated.ApiException;
 import io.airbyte.api.client.model.generated.ConnectionRead;
+import io.airbyte.api.client.model.generated.ConnectionStatus;
 import io.airbyte.commons.temporal.config.WorkerMode;
 import io.airbyte.commons.temporal.exception.RetryableException;
 import io.airbyte.config.Cron;
@@ -248,11 +249,13 @@ public Optional<UUID> getSourceId(final UUID connectionId) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Optional<Status> getStatus(final UUID connectionId) {
+  public Optional<ConnectionStatus> getStatus(final UUID connectionId) {
     try {
-      final StandardSync standardSync = getStandardSync(connectionId);
-      return Optional.ofNullable(standardSync.getStatus());
-    } catch (final JsonValidationException | ConfigNotFoundException | IOException e) {
+      final io.airbyte.api.client.model.generated.ConnectionIdRequestBody requestBody =
+          new io.airbyte.api.client.model.generated.ConnectionIdRequestBody().connectionId(connectionId);
+      final ConnectionRead connectionRead = connectionApi.getConnection(requestBody);
+      return Optional.ofNullable(connectionRead.getStatus());
+    } catch (ApiException e) {
       log.info("Encountered an error fetching the connection's status: ", e);
       return Optional.empty();
     }
diff --git a/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/sync/SyncWorkflowTest.java b/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/sync/SyncWorkflowTest.java
index 15c4a7b87a9c..a6af4e8abafa 100644
--- a/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/sync/SyncWorkflowTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/temporal/sync/SyncWorkflowTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import io.airbyte.api.client.model.generated.ConnectionStatus;
 import io.airbyte.commons.json.Jsons;
 import io.airbyte.commons.temporal.TemporalUtils;
 import io.airbyte.commons.temporal.scheduling.SyncWorkflow;
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
 import io.airbyte.config.OperatorWebhookInput;
 import io.airbyte.config.ResourceRequirements;
 import io.airbyte.config.StandardSync;
-import io.airbyte.config.StandardSync.Status;
 import io.airbyte.config.StandardSyncInput;
 import io.airbyte.config.StandardSyncOperation;
 import io.airbyte.config.StandardSyncOperation.OperatorType;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ void setUp() {
 
     when(configFetchActivity.getSourceId(sync.getConnectionId())).thenReturn(Optional.of(SOURCE_ID));
     when(refreshSchemaActivity.shouldRefreshSchema(SOURCE_ID)).thenReturn(true);
-    when(configFetchActivity.getStatus(sync.getConnectionId())).thenReturn(Optional.of(Status.ACTIVE));
+    when(configFetchActivity.getStatus(sync.getConnectionId())).thenReturn(Optional.of(ConnectionStatus.ACTIVE));
 
     longActivityOptions = ActivityOptions.newBuilder()
         .setScheduleToCloseTimeout(Duration.ofDays(3))
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ void testWebhookOperation() {
   @Test
   @Disabled("Temporarily disabled to address OC issue #1210")
   void testSkipReplicationAfterRefreshSchema() {
-    when(configFetchActivity.getStatus(any())).thenReturn(Optional.of(Status.INACTIVE));
+    when(configFetchActivity.getStatus(any())).thenReturn(Optional.of(ConnectionStatus.INACTIVE));
     final StandardSyncOutput output = execute();
     verifyShouldRefreshSchema(refreshSchemaActivity);
     verifyRefreshSchema(refreshSchemaActivity, sync);