diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock-closed.yml b/.github/workflows/lock-closed.yml
index a8573c278d..6946d64bbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lock-closed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lock-closed.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ name: Lock issues that are closed and inactive
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    # Run at the 20th minute of every hour
+    # Run at the 20th minute of every hour, we are running with high frequency
+    # while clearing the backlog of inactive locked issues/prs.  Long term we
+    # will run this task once per day.
     - cron: '20 * * * *'
 
 jobs:
   lock_closed:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: angular/dev-infra/github-actions/lock-closed@1e03b0d
+      - uses: angular/dev-infra/github-actions/lock-closed@7f7ef07
         with:
           lock-bot-key: ${{ secrets.LOCK_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          locks-per-execution: 250
+          locks-per-execution: 100