diff --git a/scripts/ci/codegen/pushToRepository.ts b/scripts/ci/codegen/pushToRepository.ts
index d4c9d26b3fc..e7b10e8ba7e 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/codegen/pushToRepository.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/codegen/pushToRepository.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { pushToRepositoryConfiguration } from './types.ts';
 
 import { getClientsConfigField } from '../../config.ts';
 import { commitStartRelease } from './text.ts';
-import { sleep } from './waitForAllReleases.ts';
 
 async function handleSpecFiles(spec: SpecsToPush, tempGitDir: string): Promise<void> {
   const pathToSpecs = toAbsolutePath(`${tempGitDir}/${spec.output}`);
@@ -159,10 +158,8 @@ async function pushToRepository(repository: string, config: RepositoryConfigurat
       head: task.prBranch,
     });
 
-    // the graphql api of gh might have some cache so we need to wait a bit
-    await sleep(10_000);
-
-    await run(`gh pr merge ${data.number} --auto`);
+    await run(`gh auth login --with-token ${ensureGitHubToken()}`);
+    await run(`gh --repo ${OWNER}/${repository} pr merge ${data.number} --auto`);
 
     console.log(`Pull request created on ${OWNER}/${repository}`);
     console.log(`  > ${data.url}`);