diff --git a/src/commands/update.js b/src/commands/update.js
index fc6723b..fa09586 100644
--- a/src/commands/update.js
+++ b/src/commands/update.js
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ module.exports = function update(options, optionalLogger) {
 					},
 					() => logger.logStage('waiting for IAM role propagation'),
 					Promise
-				);
+				).then(result => {
+					logger.logStage('waiting for lambda resource allocation');
+					return waitUntilNotPending(lambda, lambdaConfig.name, awsDelay, awsRetries)
+						.then(() => result);
+				});
 			}
 		},
 		cleanup = function () {
diff --git a/src/tasks/wait-until-not-pending.js b/src/tasks/wait-until-not-pending.js
index 2790751..0f20bfd 100644
--- a/src/tasks/wait-until-not-pending.js
+++ b/src/tasks/wait-until-not-pending.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const retry = require('oh-no-i-insist');
-module.exports = function waitUntilNotPending(lambda, functionName, timeout, retries) {
+module.exports = async function waitUntilNotPending(lambda, functionName, timeout, retries) {
 	'use strict';
+	await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, timeout));
+
 	return retry(
 		() => {
 			return lambda.getFunctionConfiguration({FunctionName: functionName}).promise()
@@ -20,5 +22,3 @@ module.exports = function waitUntilNotPending(lambda, functionName, timeout, ret
 		Promise
 	);
 };
-
-