diff --git a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-metadata/validation-schemas/selectOptionsSchema.ts b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-metadata/validation-schemas/selectOptionsSchema.ts
index ff767cdd5..3893306c8 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-metadata/validation-schemas/selectOptionsSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front/src/modules/object-metadata/validation-schemas/selectOptionsSchema.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { themeColorSchema } from 'twenty-ui';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { FieldMetadataItemOption } from '@/object-metadata/types/FieldMetadataItem';
-import { getOptionValueFromLabel } from '@/settings/data-model/fields/forms/select/utils/getOptionValueFromLabel';
 import { computeOptionValueFromLabelOrThrow } from '~/pages/settings/data-model/utils/compute-option-value-from-label.utils';
 
 const selectOptionSchema = z
@@ -13,9 +12,6 @@ const selectOptionSchema = z
     position: z.number(),
     value: z.string(),
   })
-  .refine((option) => option.value === getOptionValueFromLabel(option.label), {
-    message: 'Value does not match label',
-  })
   .refine(
     (option) => {
       try {
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/graphql/workspace-schema-builder/factories/enum-type-definition.factory.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/graphql/workspace-schema-builder/factories/enum-type-definition.factory.ts
index de77733d6..aefd82efc 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/graphql/workspace-schema-builder/factories/enum-type-definition.factory.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/api/graphql/workspace-schema-builder/factories/enum-type-definition.factory.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { GraphQLEnumType } from 'graphql';
 
 import { WorkspaceBuildSchemaOptions } from 'src/engine/api/graphql/workspace-schema-builder/interfaces/workspace-build-schema-optionts.interface';
-import { ObjectMetadataInterface } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/interfaces/object-metadata.interface';
 import { FieldMetadataInterface } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/interfaces/field-metadata.interface';
+import { ObjectMetadataInterface } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/interfaces/object-metadata.interface';
 
-import { pascalCase } from 'src/utils/pascal-case';
 import {
   FieldMetadataComplexOption,
   FieldMetadataDefaultOption,
 } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/options.input';
 import { isEnumFieldMetadataType } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/utils/is-enum-field-metadata-type.util';
+import { transformEnumValue } from 'src/engine/utils/transform-enum-value';
+import { pascalCase } from 'src/utils/pascal-case';
 
 export interface EnumTypeDefinition {
   target: string;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export class EnumTypeDefinitionFactory {
   ): GraphQLEnumType {
     // FixMe: It's a hack until Typescript get fixed on union types for reduce function
     // https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/36390
-    const enumOptions = fieldMetadata.options as Array<
+    const enumOptions = transformEnumValue(fieldMetadata.options) as Array<
       FieldMetadataDefaultOption | FieldMetadataComplexOption
     >;
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/field-metadata.dto.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/field-metadata.dto.ts
index 576ce0b64..b81cf7a76 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/field-metadata.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/field-metadata.dto.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   QueryOptions,
   Relation,
 } from '@ptc-org/nestjs-query-graphql';
+import { Transform } from 'class-transformer';
 import {
   IsBoolean,
   IsDateString,
@@ -30,11 +31,13 @@ import { FieldMetadataSettings } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadat
 
 import { UUIDScalarType } from 'src/engine/api/graphql/workspace-schema-builder/graphql-types/scalars';
 import { IsValidMetadataName } from 'src/engine/decorators/metadata/is-valid-metadata-name.decorator';
+import { FieldMetadataDefaultOption } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/options.input';
 import { FieldMetadataType } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity';
 import { IsFieldMetadataDefaultValue } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/validators/is-field-metadata-default-value.validator';
 import { IsFieldMetadataOptions } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/validators/is-field-metadata-options.validator';
 import { ObjectMetadataDTO } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/object-metadata/dtos/object-metadata.dto';
 import { RelationMetadataDTO } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/relation-metadata/dtos/relation-metadata.dto';
+import { transformEnumValue } from 'src/engine/utils/transform-enum-value';
 
 registerEnumType(FieldMetadataType, {
   name: 'FieldMetadataType',
@@ -120,6 +123,9 @@ export class FieldMetadataDTO<
   @Field(() => GraphQLJSON, { nullable: true })
   defaultValue?: FieldMetadataDefaultValue<T>;
 
+  @Transform(({ value }) =>
+    transformEnumValue(value as FieldMetadataDefaultOption[]),
+  )
   @Validate(IsFieldMetadataOptions)
   @IsOptional()
   @Field(() => GraphQLJSON, { nullable: true })
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/utils/transform-enum-value.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/utils/transform-enum-value.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20eb24e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/engine/utils/transform-enum-value.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { FieldMetadataDefaultOption } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/options.input';
+
+export function transformEnumValue(options?: FieldMetadataDefaultOption[]) {
+  return options?.map((option) => {
+    if (/^\d/.test(option.value)) {
+      return {
+        ...option,
+        value: `_${option.value}`,
+      };
+    }
+
+    return option;
+  });
+}