diff --git a/.github/workflows/maintain-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/maintain-deploy.yml
index aade7f017c..7ba7892a0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maintain-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maintain-deploy.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Maintain deploy branch
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 2 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 9 * * *'  # 2 AM Pacific (PDT) / 1 AM PST. GitHub Actions cron is UTC only; accepts the ~1hr DST drift.
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       force: