diff --git a/components/FeaturedProjects.tsx b/components/FeaturedProjects.tsx
index 7f75758..f808606 100644
--- a/components/FeaturedProjects.tsx
+++ b/components/FeaturedProjects.tsx
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ function FeaturedTile({ project, onOpenRepoUrl }: { project: FeaturedProject; on
       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
           <span className="truncate font-semibold text-white group-hover:text-cyan-100">{project.title}</span>
-          {project.highlighted ? (
+          {project.new ? (
             <span className="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-0.5 rounded-full bg-emerald-500/15 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-emerald-300 ring-1 ring-emerald-500/30">
               <Check className="h-3 w-3" aria-hidden />
-              pick
+              new
             </span>
           ) : null}
         </div>
diff --git a/projects.yaml b/projects.yaml
index 23bb4b7..8d7e4c0 100644
--- a/projects.yaml
+++ b/projects.yaml
@@ -2,25 +2,25 @@ projects:
   - title: LoBBS
     subtitle: 100% Meshtastic BBS. No sidecar, no Python, just mesh.
     url: https://github.com/MeshEnvy/lobbs-meshtastic-firmware
-    highlighted: true
+    new: true
     logo: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/237130814?v=4&s=128
   - title: Lotato
     subtitle: 100% on-device Potato Mesh ingestor for MeshCore.
     url: https://github.com/MeshEnvy/MeshCore-lotato
-    highlighted: false
+    new: true
     logo: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/237130814?v=4&s=128
   - title: Mesh64
     subtitle: A 64-hop Meshtastic prototype by Baymesh.
     url: https://github.com/RCGV1/firmware-Fork/tree/baymesh-refactor
-    highlighted: true
+    new: true
     logo: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/119711889?v=4&s=128
   - title: MeshCore
     subtitle: Open mesh stack and device firmware for LoRa-class radios—companion nodes, repeaters, and app-friendly transports.
     url: https://github.com/meshcore-dev/MeshCore
-    highlighted: false
+    new: false
     logo: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/210668307?v=4&s=128
   - title: Meshtastic
     subtitle: Official open-source device firmware—encrypted text, position, and telemetry over a decentralized LoRa mesh.
     url: https://github.com/meshtastic/firmware
-    highlighted: false
+    new: false
     logo: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61627050?v=4&s=128
diff --git a/scripts/sync-featured-logos.ts b/scripts/sync-featured-logos.ts
index 6dbc8b3..552fd1b 100644
--- a/scripts/sync-featured-logos.ts
+++ b/scripts/sync-featured-logos.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Row = {
   url: string
   logo?: string
   subtitle?: string
-  highlighted?: boolean
+  new?: boolean
 }
 
 const text = readFileSync(yamlPath, "utf8")
diff --git a/src/types/featured.ts b/src/types/featured.ts
index 3efbaa9..b93a69e 100644
--- a/src/types/featured.ts
+++ b/src/types/featured.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export type FeaturedProject = {
   title: string
   subtitle?: string
   url: string
-  highlighted?: boolean
+  new?: boolean
   logo: string
 }