diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-github.yml b/.github/workflows/release-github.yml
index 7874ca4..c7a8943 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-github.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-github.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Wait for SDK publishes
     if: github.event_name == 'push'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 340
     permissions:
       actions: read
     steps:
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           WORKFLOWS=("release-go.yml" "release-typescript.yml" "release-ruby.yml" "release-swift.yml" "release-kotlin.yml" "release-rust.yml")
           TAG="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-          MAX_WAIT=1800  # 30 minutes
+          MAX_WAIT=19800  # 5.5 hours: each publish now waits for a reviewer's approval
           POLL=30
           ELAPSED=0
 
@@ -37,16 +38,23 @@ jobs:
             ANY_FAILED=false
             STATUS_LINE=""
 
+            # One request per poll for every run on this commit: a per-workflow
+            # `gh run list --workflow` costs two requests each, and six of them
+            # every 30s outruns GITHUB_TOKEN's 1,000 requests/hour well inside
+            # the approval wait.
+            RUNS_JSON=$(gh api \
+              "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs?head_sha=$GITHUB_SHA&event=push&per_page=100" \
+              --jq '.workflow_runs') || {
+              # A transient API error shouldn't end a wait measured in hours
+              echo "::warning::Listing workflow runs failed; retrying next poll"
+              RUNS_JSON='[]'
+            }
+
             for WF in "${WORKFLOWS[@]}"; do
-              # Fetch recent runs and find the one matching this tag push
-              RUN_JSON=$(gh run list \
-                --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
-                --workflow "$WF" \
-                --branch "$TAG" \
-                --event push \
-                --limit 5 \
-                --json conclusion,headSha \
-                --jq "[.[] | select(.headSha == \"$GITHUB_SHA\")] | .[0] // empty")
+              # Newest run of this workflow for this tag push
+              RUN_JSON=$(echo "$RUNS_JSON" | jq -c \
+                --arg path ".github/workflows/$WF" --arg tag "$TAG" \
+                '[.[] | select((.path | sub("@.*$"; "")) == $path and .head_branch == $tag)] | .[0] // empty')
 
               if [ -z "$RUN_JSON" ]; then
                 ALL_DONE=false