diff --git a/course_discovery/apps/tagging/admin.py b/course_discovery/apps/tagging/admin.py
index 6fb7408f44..369c51bdee 100644
--- a/course_discovery/apps/tagging/admin.py
+++ b/course_discovery/apps/tagging/admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 from course_discovery.apps.tagging.models import CourseVerticalFilter, SubVerticalFilter, VerticalFilter
+from course_discovery.apps.course_metadata.models import Course
 
 
 @admin.register(VerticalFilter)
@@ -32,3 +33,11 @@ class CourseVerticalFiltersAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_filter = ('vertical', 'sub_vertical')
     search_fields = ('course__title', 'vertical__name', 'sub_vertical__name')
     ordering = ('course__title',)
+
+    def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Override the formfield_for_foreignkey method to filter non-draft entriy of courses
+        """
+        if db_field.name == 'course':
+            kwargs['queryset'] = Course.objects.filter(draft=False)
+        return super().formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs)