diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 07608fe91b4dbe..32299d0fc47c01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Mark stale pull requests
 
 on:
   schedule:
-  - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  - cron: "0 */12 * * *"
 
 permissions:
   pull-requests: write