diff --git a/changelog/7034.bugfix.md b/changelog/7034.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9227df2b436c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/7034.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The converter tool now converts test stories and stories that contain full retrieval intents correctly.
+Previously the response keys were deleted during conversion to YAML.
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diff --git a/rasa/shared/core/training_data/story_reader/markdown_story_reader.py b/rasa/shared/core/training_data/story_reader/markdown_story_reader.py
index 5d4e52f20987..fe8cb2b730bc 100644
--- a/rasa/shared/core/training_data/story_reader/markdown_story_reader.py
+++ b/rasa/shared/core/training_data/story_reader/markdown_story_reader.py
@@ -250,12 +250,16 @@ def _parse_message(self, message: Text, line_num: int) -> UserUttered:
         if self.use_e2e:
             parsed = self.parse_e2e_message(message, self._is_used_for_training)
             text = parsed.get("text")
-            intent = {INTENT_NAME_KEY: parsed.get("intent")}
+            intent = {
+                INTENT_NAME_KEY: parsed.get(
+                    "intent_response_key", default=parsed.get("intent")
+                )
+            }
             entities = parsed.get("entities")
             parse_data = {
                 "text": text,
                 "intent": intent,
-                "intent_ranking": [{INTENT_NAME_KEY: parsed.get("intent")}],
+                "intent_ranking": [intent],
                 "entities": entities,
             }
         else:
diff --git a/tests/core/training/converters/test_story_markdown_to_yaml_converter.py b/tests/core/training/converters/test_story_markdown_to_yaml_converter.py
index d0d8097f4d26..04f9a30dd2a0 100644
--- a/tests/core/training/converters/test_story_markdown_to_yaml_converter.py
+++ b/tests/core/training/converters/test_story_markdown_to_yaml_converter.py
@@ -116,3 +116,75 @@ async def test_test_stories(tmpdir: Path):
             "  - action: respond_faq\n"
             "  - action: action_set_faq_slot\n"
         )
+
+
+async def test_test_stories_conversion_response_key(tmpdir: Path):
+    converted_data_folder = tmpdir / "converted_data"
+    os.mkdir(converted_data_folder)
+
+    test_data_folder = tmpdir / "tests"
+    os.makedirs(test_data_folder, exist_ok=True)
+    test_data_file = Path(test_data_folder / "test_stories.md")
+
+    simple_story_md = """
+    ## id
+
+    * out_of_scope/other: hahaha
+        - utter_out_of_scope/other
+    """
+
+    with open(test_data_file, "w") as f:
+        f.write(simple_story_md)
+
+    await StoryMarkdownToYamlConverter().convert_and_write(
+        test_data_file, converted_data_folder
+    )
+
+    assert len(os.listdir(converted_data_folder)) == 1
+    with open(f"{converted_data_folder}/test_stories_converted.yml", "r") as f:
+        content = f.read()
+        assert content == (
+            f'version: "{LATEST_TRAINING_DATA_FORMAT_VERSION}"\n'
+            "stories:\n"
+            "- story: id\n"
+            "  steps:\n"
+            "  - intent: out_of_scope/other\n"
+            "    user: |-\n"
+            "      hahaha\n"
+            "  - action: utter_out_of_scope/other\n"
+        )
+
+
+async def test_stories_conversion_response_key(tmpdir: Path):
+    converted_data_folder = tmpdir / "converted_data"
+    os.mkdir(converted_data_folder)
+
+    training_data_folder = tmpdir / "data/core"
+    os.makedirs(training_data_folder, exist_ok=True)
+    training_data_file = Path(training_data_folder / "stories.md")
+
+    simple_story_md = """
+    ## id
+    * out_of_scope/other
+        - utter_out_of_scope/other
+    """
+
+    with open(training_data_file, "w") as f:
+        f.write(simple_story_md)
+
+    await StoryMarkdownToYamlConverter().convert_and_write(
+        training_data_file, converted_data_folder
+    )
+
+    assert len(os.listdir(converted_data_folder)) == 1
+
+    with open(f"{converted_data_folder}/stories_converted.yml", "r") as f:
+        content = f.read()
+        assert content == (
+            f'version: "{LATEST_TRAINING_DATA_FORMAT_VERSION}"\n'
+            "stories:\n"
+            "- story: id\n"
+            "  steps:\n"
+            "  - intent: out_of_scope/other\n"
+            "  - action: utter_out_of_scope/other\n"
+        )