diff --git a/.github/workflows/cherryPick.yml b/.github/workflows/cherryPick.yml
index 1e986010c8dd..51d7eae346a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cherryPick.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cherryPick.yml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ jobs:
             --body "🍒 Cherry pick https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/${{ github.event.inputs.PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER }} to staging 🍒" \
             --label "automerge" \
             --base "staging"
+          sleep 5
           echo "::set-output name=PR_NUMBER::$(gh pr view --json 'number' --jq '.number')"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OS_BOTIFY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updateProtectedBranch.yml b/.github/workflows/updateProtectedBranch.yml
index 93c84a2b14c8..b03689245b6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/updateProtectedBranch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/updateProtectedBranch.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ jobs:
             --body "Update version to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}" \
             --label "automerge" \
             --base ${{ github.event.inputs.TARGET_BRANCH }}
+          sleep 5
           echo "::set-output name=PR_NUMBER::$(gh pr view --json 'number' --jq '.number')"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OS_BOTIFY_TOKEN }}