diff --git a/zuul.d/pipelines.yaml b/zuul.d/pipelines.yaml
index 08db786009..cccec8bbcc 100644
--- a/zuul.d/pipelines.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/pipelines.yaml
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@
       timer:
         # Saturday 8am UTC is a better time to start weekend jobs, as Sunday
         # is a working day in some geographies.
-        - time: '0 8 * * 6'
+        # 5 is Saturday in apscheduler
+        - time: '0 8 * * 5'
 
 - pipeline:
     name: release-approval