diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit.go
index accea8add..8386cbcfa 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit.go
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/api"
+	fd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/featuredetection"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/gh"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/text"
 	shared "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/issue/shared"
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ type EditOptions struct {
 	IO         *iostreams.IOStreams
 	BaseRepo   func() (ghrepo.Interface, error)
 	Prompter   prShared.EditPrompter
+	Detector   fd.Detector
 
 	DetermineEditor    func() (string, error)
 	FieldsToEditSurvey func(prShared.EditPrompter, *prShared.Editable) error
@@ -201,7 +205,18 @@ func editRun(opts *EditOptions) error {
 		lookupFields = append(lookupFields, "labels")
 	}
 	if editable.Projects.Edited {
-		lookupFields = append(lookupFields, "projectCards")
+		// TODO projectsV1Deprecation
+		// Remove this section as we should no longer add projectCards
+		if opts.Detector == nil {
+			cachedClient := api.NewCachedHTTPClient(httpClient, time.Hour*24)
+			opts.Detector = fd.NewDetector(cachedClient, baseRepo.RepoHost())
+		}
+
+		projectsV1Support := opts.Detector.ProjectsV1()
+		if projectsV1Support == gh.ProjectsV1Supported {
+			lookupFields = append(lookupFields, "projectCards")
+		}
+
 		lookupFields = append(lookupFields, "projectItems")
 	}
 	if editable.Milestone.Edited {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit_test.go b/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit_test.go
index a9d43c3ec..c9aa4c409 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/issue/edit/edit_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/api"
+	fd "github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/featuredetection"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghrepo"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/run"
 	prShared "github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/pr/shared"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/httpmock"
@@ -788,3 +790,88 @@ func mockProjectV2ItemUpdate(t *testing.T, reg *httpmock.Registry) {
 			func(inputs map[string]interface{}) {}),
 	)
 }
+
+// TODO projectsV1Deprecation
+// Remove this test.
+func TestProjectsV1Deprecation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("when projects v1 is supported, is included in query", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ios, _, _, _ := iostreams.Test()
+
+		reg := &httpmock.Registry{}
+		reg.Register(
+			httpmock.GraphQL(`projectCards`),
+			// Simulate a GraphQL error to early exit the test.
+			httpmock.StatusStringResponse(500, ""),
+		)
+
+		_, cmdTeardown := run.Stub()
+		defer cmdTeardown(t)
+
+		// Ignore the error because we have no way to really stub it without
+		// fully stubbing a GQL error structure in the request body.
+		_ = editRun(&EditOptions{
+			IO: ios,
+			HttpClient: func() (*http.Client, error) {
+				return &http.Client{Transport: reg}, nil
+			},
+			BaseRepo: func() (ghrepo.Interface, error) {
+				return ghrepo.New("OWNER", "REPO"), nil
+			},
+			Detector: &fd.EnabledDetectorMock{},
+
+			IssueNumbers: []int{123},
+			Editable: prShared.Editable{
+				Projects: prShared.EditableProjects{
+					EditableSlice: prShared.EditableSlice{
+						Add:    []string{"Test Project"},
+						Edited: true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+
+		// Verify that our request contained projectCards
+		reg.Verify(t)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("when projects v1 is not supported, is not included in query", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ios, _, _, _ := iostreams.Test()
+
+		reg := &httpmock.Registry{}
+		reg.Exclude(t, httpmock.GraphQL(`projectCards`))
+
+		reg.Register(
+			httpmock.GraphQL(`.*`),
+			// Simulate a GraphQL error to early exit the test.
+			httpmock.StatusStringResponse(500, ""),
+		)
+
+		_, cmdTeardown := run.Stub()
+		defer cmdTeardown(t)
+
+		// Ignore the error because we're not really interested in it.
+		_ = editRun(&EditOptions{
+			IO: ios,
+			HttpClient: func() (*http.Client, error) {
+				return &http.Client{Transport: reg}, nil
+			},
+			BaseRepo: func() (ghrepo.Interface, error) {
+				return ghrepo.New("OWNER", "REPO"), nil
+			},
+			Detector: &fd.DisabledDetectorMock{},
+
+			IssueNumbers: []int{123},
+			Editable: prShared.Editable{
+				Projects: prShared.EditableProjects{
+					EditableSlice: prShared.EditableSlice{
+						Add:    []string{"Test Project"},
+						Edited: true,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+
+		// Verify that our request contained projectCards
+		reg.Verify(t)
+	})
+}