diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr-docker.yml
index 8b4d943b37..c2ea86744e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging-deploy-pr-docker.yml
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ jobs:
               throw(err)
             }
 
-      - name: Scale Heroku App size
-        run: |
-          heroku ps:scale --app=${{ steps.create-app.outputs.app_name}} web=1:Standard-2X
-
       - name: Build, tag, push, and release the Docker image
         run: |
           docker image build --target production_early_access -t registry.heroku.com/${{ steps.create-app.outputs.app_name}}/web .
@@ -139,6 +135,12 @@ jobs:
           docker push registry.heroku.com/${{ steps.create-app.outputs.app_name }}/web
           heroku container:release web --app=${{ steps.create-app.outputs.app_name }}
 
+      # This command will fail for a brand new app since they don't have a
+      # process type yet so we need to scale after `heroku container:release`.
+      - name: Scale Heroku App size
+        run: |
+          heroku ps:scale --app=${{ steps.create-app.outputs.app_name}} web=1:Standard-2X
+
       # https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/container-registry-and-runtime#getting-a-docker-image-id
       - name: Get Docker Image ID
         id: image-id