diff --git a/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml b/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml
index 591bfb03ddbe..a7ceb7dc926f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lockDeploys.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Wait for any preDeploy version jobs to finish
         uses: tomchv/wait-my-workflow@2da0b8a92211e6d7c9964602b99a7052080a1d61
-        id: waitForPreDeploy
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           checkName: version
           intervalSeconds: 10
           timeoutSeconds: 360
 
+      - name: Wait for any automerge-master jobs to finish
+        uses: tomchv/wait-my-workflow@2da0b8a92211e6d7c9964602b99a7052080a1d61
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          checkName: master
+          intervalSeconds: 10
+          timeoutSeconds: 150
+
       - uses: softprops/turnstyle@8db075d65b19bf94e6e8687b504db69938dc3c65
         with:
           poll-interval-seconds: 10
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create a new branch
         run: |
           git config user.name OSBotify
+          git pull origin master
           git checkout -b version-patch-${{ github.sha }}
           git push --set-upstream origin version-patch-${{ github.sha }}