diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/update_frontend.yml
index 3c521fe9c..a6d60946b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_frontend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_frontend.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         commit-message: Update zigbee2mqtt-frontend to ${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}
         branch: "update_frontend"
         title: Update zigbee-frontend to ${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}
+    - run: sleep 5 # Otherwise pull request may not exist yet causing automerge to fail
     - uses: peter-evans/enable-pull-request-automerge@v1
       if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created'
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_zh.yml b/.github/workflows/update_zh.yml
index 4223e9c9e..03e7f725a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_zh.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_zh.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         commit-message: Update zigbee-herdsman to ${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}
         branch: "update_zh"
         title: Update zigbee-herdsman to ${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}
+    - run: sleep 5 # Otherwise pull request may not exist yet causing automerge to fail
     - uses: peter-evans/enable-pull-request-automerge@v1
       if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created'
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_zhc.yml b/.github/workflows/update_zhc.yml
index 02e0379cf..0bab3d345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_zhc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_zhc.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         commit-message: Update zigbee-herdsman-converters to ${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}
         branch: "update_zhc"
         title: Update zigbee-herdsman-converters to ${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}
+    - run: sleep 5 # Otherwise pull request may not exist yet causing automerge to fail
     - uses: peter-evans/enable-pull-request-automerge@v1
       if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created'
       with: