diff --git a/.github/workflows/forkless-update-data.yml b/.github/workflows/forkless-update-data.yml
index 5301c3b01a..da9e60d94b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/forkless-update-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/forkless-update-data.yml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
           RPC_URL: ${{ env.RELAY_UNIQUE_HTTP_URL }}
 
       - name: sleep
-        if: always()                   # run this step always
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         run: |
           sleep 3600
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/forkless-update-nodata.yml b/.github/workflows/forkless-update-nodata.yml
index 20b5742810..f0582b1862 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/forkless-update-nodata.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/forkless-update-nodata.yml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ jobs:
           RPC_URL: ${{ env.RELAY_UNIQUE_HTTP_URL }}
 
       - name: sleep
-        if: always()                   # run this step always      
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
         run: |
           sleep 3600