diff --git a/metadata/rules/README.md b/metadata/rules/README.md
index fdec6eaf..be3e202c 100644
--- a/metadata/rules/README.md
+++ b/metadata/rules/README.md
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ Duplicate of GORULE:0000038
 ## Check for, and filter, annotations made to retracted publications
 
  * id: [GORULE:0000022](https://github.com/geneontology/go-site/blob/master/metadata/rules/gorule-0000022.md)
- * status: approved
+ * status: implemented
 
 
 GO should not include annotations to retracted publications (GAF column 6, GPAD column 5). 
diff --git a/metadata/rules/gorule-0000022.md b/metadata/rules/gorule-0000022.md
index 7ca53a63..6de48557 100644
--- a/metadata/rules/gorule-0000022.md
+++ b/metadata/rules/gorule-0000022.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ id: GORULE:0000022
 title: "Check for, and filter, annotations made to retracted publications"
 type: filter
 fail_mode: hard
-status: approved
+status: implemented
 contact: "go-quality@lists.stanford.edu"
 ---
 GO should not include annotations to retracted publications (GAF column 6, GPAD column 5).