diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
index bce0dba98..338ec0f48 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export const createPage = async (
         updatedAt: new Date(),
         savedAt: new Date(),
       },
-      refresh: ctx.refresh,
+      refresh: 'wait_for', // wait for the index to be refreshed before returning
     })
 
     page.id = body._id as string
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export const updatePage = async (
           updatedAt: new Date(),
         },
       },
-      refresh: ctx.refresh,
+      refresh: 'wait_for', // wait for the index to be refreshed before returning
       retry_on_conflict: 3,
     })