diff --git a/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml b/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml
index a7ceb7dc926f..b4c9a84ad75f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ jobs:
           intervalSeconds: 10
           timeoutSeconds: 360
 
+      - name: Wait for any automerge jobs to start
+        run: sleep 60
+
       - name: Wait for any automerge-master jobs to finish
         uses: tomchv/wait-my-workflow@2da0b8a92211e6d7c9964602b99a7052080a1d61
         with: