diff --git a/staging-auto-merge/dist/index.js b/staging-auto-merge/dist/index.js
index 186f3f0..b16e4ae 100644
--- a/staging-auto-merge/dist/index.js
+++ b/staging-auto-merge/dist/index.js
@@ -23290,13 +23290,12 @@ class StagingAutoMerge {
     await this.exec("git push --force");
   }
   async cleanupClosedPullRequests() {
-    const closedPullRequests = await this.octokit.rest.pulls.list({
+    const closedPullRequests = await this.octokit.paginate(this.octokit.rest.pulls.list, {
       ...this.repo,
       state: "closed",
-      sort: "created",
-      direction: "desc"
+      per_page: 100
     });
-    for (const closedPr of closedPullRequests.data) {
+    for (const closedPr of closedPullRequests) {
       if (this.hasStagingLabel(closedPr.labels)) {
         this.logger.info("removing label from: ", closedPr.title);
         await this.removeStagingLabel(closedPr.number);
diff --git a/staging-auto-merge/src/staging-auto-merge.js b/staging-auto-merge/src/staging-auto-merge.js
index db01551..1529582 100644
--- a/staging-auto-merge/src/staging-auto-merge.js
+++ b/staging-auto-merge/src/staging-auto-merge.js
@@ -95,14 +95,13 @@ export default class StagingAutoMerge {
   }
 
   async cleanupClosedPullRequests() {
-    const closedPullRequests = await this.octokit.rest.pulls.list({
+    const closedPullRequests = await this.octokit.paginate(this.octokit.rest.pulls.list, {
       ...this.repo,
       state: 'closed',
-      sort: 'created',
-      direction: 'desc',
+      per_page: 100,
     })
 
-    for (const closedPr of closedPullRequests.data) {
+    for (const closedPr of closedPullRequests) {
       if (this.hasStagingLabel(closedPr.labels)) {
         this.logger.info('removing label from: ', closedPr.title)
         await this.removeStagingLabel(closedPr.number)
diff --git a/staging-auto-merge/tests/staging-auto-merge.test.js b/staging-auto-merge/tests/staging-auto-merge.test.js
index 5bb4a0a..f088dfe 100644
--- a/staging-auto-merge/tests/staging-auto-merge.test.js
+++ b/staging-auto-merge/tests/staging-auto-merge.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import StagingAutoMerge from '../src/staging-auto-merge.js'
 
 const createOctokit = () => ({
+  paginate: vi.fn(),
   rest: {
     issues: {
       listLabelsForRepo: vi.fn(),
@@ -47,9 +48,8 @@ describe('StagingAutoMerge', () => {
         },
       ]
 
-      octokit.rest.pulls.list.mockImplementation(({ state }) =>
-        Promise.resolve({ data: state === 'open' ? openPulls : closedPulls }),
-      )
+      octokit.rest.pulls.list.mockResolvedValue({ data: openPulls })
+      octokit.paginate.mockResolvedValue(closedPulls)
 
       const stagingAutoMerge = new StagingAutoMerge(octokit, primaryBranch, repo, logger)
       const execMock = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ describe('StagingAutoMerge', () => {
       )
       expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('git', ['commit', '-m', 'Add feature'])
       expect(octokit.rest.issues.createComment).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(octokit.rest.issues.removeLabel).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ issue_number: 12 }),
+      )
       expect(octokit.rest.issues.removeLabel).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         owner: 'rolemodel',
         repo: 'actions',
@@ -82,9 +85,8 @@ describe('StagingAutoMerge', () => {
         },
       ]
 
-      octokit.rest.pulls.list.mockImplementation(({ state }) =>
-        Promise.resolve({ data: state === 'open' ? openPulls : [] }),
-      )
+      octokit.rest.pulls.list.mockResolvedValue({ data: openPulls })
+      octokit.paginate.mockResolvedValue([])
 
       const stagingAutoMerge = new StagingAutoMerge(octokit, primaryBranch, repo, logger)
       const execMock = vi.fn(async (command, args, options) => {