diff --git a/github-actions/utils/issue-template-parser.js b/github-actions/utils/issue-template-parser.js
index 7c8228dfbe..604d782a41 100644
--- a/github-actions/utils/issue-template-parser.js
+++ b/github-actions/utils/issue-template-parser.js
@@ -10,39 +10,28 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 
 function issueTemplateParser(filepath) {
  
-
   // Read contents of issue template
-  let templateData = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
-  let data = templateData.split('---');
-
-  // Parse "frontMatter" i.e. between '---' delimiters and "body" after
-  const frontMatterKeys = ['name','title','labels','milestone','assignees'];
-  let frontMatter = data[1].trim().split('\r\n');
-  let body = data[2].trim();
-  console.log('body is next');
-  console.log(body);
-  // Extract values only from "frontMatter", remove colons, quote marks, whitespace
-  function removeWords(words, strings) {
-    for (let i = 0; i < words.length; i ++) {
-      for (let j = 0; j < strings.length; j ++) {
-        if (strings[j].includes(words[i])) {
-          strings[j] = strings[j].replace(words[i] + ':','').replaceAll(/["']/g, '').trim();
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    return strings;
-  }
+  const templateData = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
+  const data = templateData.split('---');
 
-  // Package and return template values in array 
-  let issueValues = removeWords(frontMatterKeys, frontMatter);
-  issueValues = issueValues[0].split('\n');
-  issueValues[3] = issueValues[3].split(', ');
-  issueValues[4] = parseInt(issueValues[4]);
-  console.log(issueValues);
-  issueValues.push(body);
+  // Parse front matter i.e. between '---' delimiters
+  const frontMatter = data[1].trim().split('\r\n');
+  const issueObject = frontMatter.reduce((acc, item) => {
+    const colonIndex = item.indexOf(':');
+    const key = item.slice(0, colonIndex).trim();
+    const value = item.slice(colonIndex + 1).trim();
+    if (value.startsWith('[') && value.endsWith(']')) {
+      acc[key] = value.slice(1, -1).split(',').map(str => str.trim());
+    } else {
+      acc[key] = value;
+    }
+    return acc;
+  }, {});
 
-  console.log(issueValues);
-  return issueValues
+  issueObject['body'] = data[2].trim();
+  console.log('inside issue-template-parser');
+  console.log(issueObject);
+  return issueObject
 }
 
 module.exports = issueTemplateParser;