diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py
index 38e965f7f6587..115a0b8425646 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/graph/client.py
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ def get_related_entities(
                 url=relationship_endpoint,
                 params={
                     "urn": entity_urn,
-                    "direction": direction,
+                    "direction": direction.value,
                     "relationshipTypes": relationship_types,
                     "start": start,
                 },