diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/src/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_connector.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/src/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_connector.erl
index a6d47229c..898915f56 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/src/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_connector.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/src/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_connector.erl
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ on_get_status(_InstanceId, #{pool_name := Pool, ack_timeout := AckTimeout}) ->
     ),
     status_result(Health).
 
-status_result(true) -> connected;
-status_result(false) -> connecting;
-status_result({error, _}) -> connecting.
+status_result(true) -> ?status_connected;
+status_result(false) -> ?status_disconnected;
+status_result({error, _}) -> ?status_disconnected.
 
 on_add_channel(
     _InstanceId,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ on_get_channels(InstanceId) ->
 on_get_channel_status(_InstanceId, ChannelId, #{channels := Channels}) ->
     case maps:is_key(ChannelId, Channels) of
         true ->
-            connected;
+            ?status_connected;
         _ ->
             {error, not_exists}
     end.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/test/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/test/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_SUITE.erl
index 273afffab..9eb882a43 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/test/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_syskeeper/test/emqx_bridge_syskeeper_SUITE.erl
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ t_get_status(Config) ->
         _Sleep = 500,
         _Attempts = 10,
         ?assertMatch(
-            #{status := connecting},
+            #{status := disconnected},
             emqx_bridge_v2:health_check(syskeeper_forwarder, ?SYSKEEPER_NAME)
         )
     ).
diff --git a/changes/ee/fix-13001.en.md b/changes/ee/fix-13001.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d431e0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ee/fix-13001.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed an issue where the syskeeper forwarder would never reconnect when the connection was lost.