diff --git a/internal/app/backend/backend_service.go b/internal/app/backend/backend_service.go
index 22d73cf3c..92d4cdee6 100644
--- a/internal/app/backend/backend_service.go
+++ b/internal/app/backend/backend_service.go
@@ -447,9 +447,7 @@ func doAssignTickets(ctx context.Context, req *pb.AssignTicketsRequest, store st
 	}
 
 	if err = store.DeleteTicketsFromPendingRelease(ctx, ids); err != nil {
-		logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-			"ticket_ids": ids,
-		}).Error(err)
+		logger.WithError(err).WithField("ticket_ids", ids).Error("failed to delete tickets from pending release after updating assignment")
 	}
 
 	return resp, nil
diff --git a/internal/app/frontend/frontend_service.go b/internal/app/frontend/frontend_service.go
index 6191e4da2..05f757dce 100644
--- a/internal/app/frontend/frontend_service.go
+++ b/internal/app/frontend/frontend_service.go
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ func (s *frontendService) AcknowledgeBackfill(ctx context.Context, req *pb.Ackno
 			}
 		}
 
+		if err = s.store.DeleteTicketsFromPendingRelease(ctx, associatedTickets); err != nil {
+			logger.WithError(err).WithField("ticket_ids", associatedTickets).Error("failed to delete tickets from pending release after updating assignment during backfill ack")
+		}
+
 		// Remove all tickets associated with backfill, because unassigned tickets are not found only
 		err = s.store.UpdateBackfill(ctx, bf, []string{})
 		if err != nil {