diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ffea9a..7d67f6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
+- [issues/54](https://github.com/podaac/bignbit/issues/54): Fixed bug where status was not being reported to Cumulus Dashboard by adding `cumulus_meta` back into the output CMA.
 ### Security
 
 ## [0.2.3]
diff --git a/terraform/state_machine_definition.tpl b/terraform/state_machine_definition.tpl
index 5e34094..a2c22bb 100644
--- a/terraform/state_machine_definition.tpl
+++ b/terraform/state_machine_definition.tpl
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@
       "Type":"Pass",
       "Next":"BuildImageSets",
       "Parameters":{
+        "cumulus_meta.$": "$.cumulus_meta",
         "meta": {
           "buckets.$": "$.meta.buckets",
           "cmr.$": "$.meta.cmr",
diff --git a/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.20210115090000-JPL-L4_GHRSST-SSTfnd-MUR-GLOB-v02.0-fv04.1.json b/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.20210115090000-JPL-L4_GHRSST-SSTfnd-MUR-GLOB-v02.0-fv04.1.json
index 00e4e92..ac3fe2b 100644
--- a/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.20210115090000-JPL-L4_GHRSST-SSTfnd-MUR-GLOB-v02.0-fv04.1.json
+++ b/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.20210115090000-JPL-L4_GHRSST-SSTfnd-MUR-GLOB-v02.0-fv04.1.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "cumulus_meta": {},
   "meta": {
     "provider": {},
     "stack": {},
diff --git a/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-HLS_T55MDS_20250124T001834Z_20250128T131415Z_L8_30_v1.0.json b/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-HLS_T55MDS_20250124T001834Z_20250128T131415Z_L8_30_v1.0.json
index fca2409..73ef534 100644
--- a/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-HLS_T55MDS_20250124T001834Z_20250128T131415Z_L8_30_v1.0.json
+++ b/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-HLS_T55MDS_20250124T001834Z_20250128T131415Z_L8_30_v1.0.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "cumulus_meta": {},
   "meta": {
     "provider": {},
     "stack": {},
diff --git a/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-S1_T45QYD_20241001T121219Z_20241206T065726Z_S1A_30_v1.0.json b/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-S1_T45QYD_20241001T121219Z_20241206T065726Z_S1A_30_v1.0.json
index 37faf9a..a0a13f4 100644
--- a/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-S1_T45QYD_20241001T121219Z_20241206T065726Z_S1A_30_v1.0.json
+++ b/tests/sample_messages/cma.uat.workflow-input.OPERA_L3_DSWx-S1_T45QYD_20241001T121219Z_20241206T065726Z_S1A_30_v1.0.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "cumulus_meta": {},
   "meta": {
     "provider": {},
     "stack": {},