diff --git a/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js b/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js
index 6465ff760473..82a79528ed09 100644
--- a/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js
+++ b/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy.js
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ async function run() {
                 repo: CONST.APP_REPO,
                 labels: CONST.LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER,
             });
+
+            // First, make sure we include all current deploy blockers
             const deployBlockers = _.reduce(
                 openDeployBlockers,
                 (memo, deployBlocker) => {
@@ -83,6 +85,15 @@ async function run() {
                 [],
             );
 
+            // Then make sure we include any demoted or closed blockers as well, and just check them off automatically
+            for (const deployBlocker of currentChecklistData.deployBlockers) {
+                const isResolved = _.findIndex(deployBlockers, (openBlocker) => openBlocker.number === deployBlocker.number) < 0;
+                deployBlockers.push({
+                    ...deployBlocker,
+                    isResolved,
+                });
+            }
+
             const didVersionChange = newVersion ? newVersion !== currentChecklistData.tag : false;
             checklistBody = await GithubUtils.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
                 newTag,
diff --git a/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js b/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
index be5cd67b490f..701a9bca70a7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ async function run() {
                 repo: CONST.APP_REPO,
                 labels: CONST.LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER,
             });
+
+            // First, make sure we include all current deploy blockers
             const deployBlockers = _.reduce(
                 openDeployBlockers,
                 (memo, deployBlocker) => {
@@ -93,6 +95,15 @@ async function run() {
                 [],
             );
 
+            // Then make sure we include any demoted or closed blockers as well, and just check them off automatically
+            for (const deployBlocker of currentChecklistData.deployBlockers) {
+                const isResolved = _.findIndex(deployBlockers, (openBlocker) => openBlocker.number === deployBlocker.number) < 0;
+                deployBlockers.push({
+                    ...deployBlocker,
+                    isResolved,
+                });
+            }
+
             const didVersionChange = newVersion ? newVersion !== currentChecklistData.tag : false;
             checklistBody = await GithubUtils.generateStagingDeployCashBody(
                 newTag,
diff --git a/tests/unit/createOrUpdateStagingDeployTest.js b/tests/unit/createOrUpdateStagingDeployTest.js
index 54c914f2500b..dd87e74f6faa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/createOrUpdateStagingDeployTest.js
+++ b/tests/unit/createOrUpdateStagingDeployTest.js
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ describe('createOrUpdateStagingDeployCash', () => {
                 if (args.labels === CONST.LABELS.DEPLOY_BLOCKER) {
                     return {
                         data: [
-                            ...currentDeployBlockers,
+                            // Suppose the first deploy blocker is demoted, it should not be removed from the checklist and instead just be checked off
+                            ...currentDeployBlockers.slice(1),
                             {
                                 html_url: 'https://github.com/Expensify/App/issues/11', // New
                                 number: 11,
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@ describe('createOrUpdateStagingDeployCash', () => {
                     `${lineBreak}${closedCheckbox}${basePRList[6]}` +
                     `${lineBreak}${openCheckbox}${basePRList[7]}${lineBreak}` +
                     `${lineBreakDouble}${deployBlockerHeader}` +
-                    `${lineBreak}${openCheckbox}${basePRList[5]}` +
+                    `${lineBreak}${closedCheckbox}${basePRList[5]}` +
                     `${lineBreak}${openCheckbox}${basePRList[8]}` +
                     `${lineBreak}${closedCheckbox}${basePRList[9]}` +
                     `${lineBreak}${openCheckbox}${baseIssueList[0]}` +