diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/team-db-impl.ts b/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/team-db-impl.ts
index bc3866097ce1b6..af6b4b77d7b9d9 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/team-db-impl.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/src/typeorm/team-db-impl.ts
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export class TeamDBImpl extends TransactionalDBImpl<TeamDB> implements TeamDB {
                 orgId,
             });
         } else {
-            repo.save({
+            await repo.save({
                 ...team,
                 ...update,
             });