diff --git a/bin/merge b/bin/merge
index 50d8e72f05d5dab77ecbcb3ae5673cc1131c5ba4..9050cef002ce068688cedd9cc6e43c401cd6b1ce 100755
--- a/bin/merge
+++ b/bin/merge
@@ -99,5 +99,6 @@ echo "Created MR at $(echo "$result"  | jq -r ."web_url")"
 
 echo "Merge ..."
 # Merge MR
+sleep 5
 gitlab 200 PUT projects/"$PRJID"/merge_requests/"$MRID"/merge --data "should_remove_source_branch=0"
 echo "Merged successfully!"