diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
index 338ec0f48..315515a0b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/pages.ts
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export const updatePage = async (
           updatedAt: new Date(),
         },
       },
-      refresh: 'wait_for', // wait for the index to be refreshed before returning
+      refresh: ctx.refresh,
       retry_on_conflict: 3,
     })