diff --git a/.github/workflows/images-debian.yml b/.github/workflows/images-debian.yml
index b27ea9a..f5d57d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images-debian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images-debian.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: generate images
       shell: bash
       run: |
+        sleep 1m
+
         IP=$(doctl compute droplet list --tag-name=github-actions --format "Name,Public IPv4" | grep -v ID | grep ga-out-of-tree-images-debian-$GITHUB_SHA | awk '{print $2}')
 
         while ! ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new root@$IP echo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/images-oraclelinux.yml b/.github/workflows/images-oraclelinux.yml
index 555c2b3..0aa650b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images-oraclelinux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images-oraclelinux.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: generate images
       shell: bash
       run: |
+        sleep 1m
+
         IP=$(doctl compute droplet list --tag-name=github-actions --format "Name,Public IPv4" | grep -v ID | grep ga-out-of-tree-images-oraclelinux-$GITHUB_SHA | awk '{print $2}')
 
         while ! ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new root@$IP echo