diff --git a/.github/workflows/cypress.yaml b/.github/workflows/cypress.yaml
index f04045d0c72..f015a7ee592 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cypress.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cypress.yaml
@@ -32,11 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd care
           make docker_config_file=docker-compose.pre-built.yaml up 
-          while docker compose exec backend bash -c "python manage.py showmigrations 2>/dev/null | cat | grep -q '\[ \]'"; do
-            >&2 echo "Migrations are not yet applied - sleeping"
-            sleep 5
-          done
-          echo "Migrations are applied"
+          echo "Waiting for migrations to complete"
+          sleep 180
           cd ..
 
       - name: Load dummy data into care backend 📂