diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
index 1fc2434f30d79..3b93f971ff8fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-pull-images.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "images=${images}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   pre-pull-images:
-    if: ${{ needs.extract-images.outputs.matrix != '[]' && fromJSON(needs.extract-images.outputs.matrix).length <= 10 }}
+    if: ${{ needs.extract-images.outputs.matrix != '[]' && fromJSON(needs.extract-images.outputs.matrix).length <= 8 }}
     name: Pre-pull Images
     runs-on: ["gha-runner-scale-set"]
     needs: ["extract-images"]