diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index 6497cdb..0f893b7 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ local dronePromoteCmd(env) = [
   std.format('DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID=$(drone build promote --format \'{{ .Number }}\' "$DRONE_REPO" "$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER" "%s")', env),
   'while status="$(drone build info --format \'{{ .Status }}\' $DRONE_REPO $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID)"; do
 case "$status" in
-  running)
+  pending|running)
     sleep 30s
     ;;
   success)
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 8148f2f..c5e63bb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ steps:
   - export DRONE_SERVER="${DRONE_SYSTEM_PROTO}://${DRONE_SYSTEM_HOST}"
   - export DRONE_TOKEN
   - DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID=$(drone build promote --format '{{ .Number }}' "$DRONE_REPO" "$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER" "staging")
-  - "while status=\"$(drone build info --format '{{ .Status }}' $DRONE_REPO $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID)\"; do\ncase \"$status\" in\n  running)\n    sleep 30s\n    ;;\n  success)\n    break\n    ;;\n  failure|error|killed)\n    echo \"Promoted job with id $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID failed with status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\n    ;;\n  *)\n    echo \"Unknown pipeline status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\nesac\ndone"
+  - "while status=\"$(drone build info --format '{{ .Status }}' $DRONE_REPO $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID)\"; do\ncase \"$status\" in\n  pending|running)\n    sleep 30s\n    ;;\n  success)\n    break\n    ;;\n  failure|error|killed)\n    echo \"Promoted job with id $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID failed with status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\n    ;;\n  *)\n    echo \"Unknown pipeline status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\nesac\ndone"
   environment:
     DRONE_TOKEN:
       from_secret: drone_token
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ steps:
   - export DRONE_SERVER="${DRONE_SYSTEM_PROTO}://${DRONE_SYSTEM_HOST}"
   - export DRONE_TOKEN
   - DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID=$(drone build promote --format '{{ .Number }}' "$DRONE_REPO" "$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER" "production")
-  - "while status=\"$(drone build info --format '{{ .Status }}' $DRONE_REPO $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID)\"; do\ncase \"$status\" in\n  running)\n    sleep 30s\n    ;;\n  success)\n    break\n    ;;\n  failure|error|killed)\n    echo \"Promoted job with id $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID failed with status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\n    ;;\n  *)\n    echo \"Unknown pipeline status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\nesac\ndone"
+  - "while status=\"$(drone build info --format '{{ .Status }}' $DRONE_REPO $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID)\"; do\ncase \"$status\" in\n  pending|running)\n    sleep 30s\n    ;;\n  success)\n    break\n    ;;\n  failure|error|killed)\n    echo \"Promoted job with id $DRONE_PROMOTED_PIPELINE_ID failed with status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\n    ;;\n  *)\n    echo \"Unknown pipeline status '$status'.\"\n    exit 1\nesac\ndone"
   environment:
     DRONE_TOKEN:
       from_secret: drone_token