diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/github.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/github.ts
index fe469c553aa02..7b90d0f13867c 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/github.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/github.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class Github {
       query {
         repository(owner: "${REPOSITORY_OWNER}", name: "${REPOSITORY}") {
           projectV2(number: ${project}) {
-            items(first: 100 ${cursor ? `, after: "${cursor}"` : ''}) {
+            items(first: 50 ${cursor ? `, after: "${cursor}"` : ''}) {
               pageInfo {
                   hasNextPage
                   endCursor
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/issue-sync.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/issue-sync.ts
index 811d221d12eec..b2fec5e7fe131 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/issue-sync.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/issue-sync.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Github } from './github.js';
 import { PROJECT_NUMBER, REPOSITORY } from './config.js';
-import { projectIds, getPriorityFromLabels } from './utils.js';
+import { projectIds, getPriorityFromLabels, isBotLogin } from './utils.js';
 
 export const syncIssue = async (issue: string) => {
   const github = Github.default();
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const syncIssueData = async (issueDetails: any) => {
 
   for (let index = 0; index < timelineItems.length; index++) {
     const item = timelineItems[timelineItems.length-index-1];
-    if (item?.createdAt !== undefined && item.author?.login !== 'github-actions' && item.actor?.login !== 'github-actions') {
+    if (item?.createdAt !== undefined && !isBotLogin(item.author?.login) && !isBotLogin(item.actor?.login)) {
       updateDate = new Date(item.createdAt);
       break;
     }
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/pr-sync.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/pr-sync.ts
index 499546aa80bbb..308a1bdbb7b5c 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/pr-sync.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/pr-sync.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Github } from './github.js';
 import { PROJECT_NUMBER, REPOSITORY } from './config.js';
-import { projectIds, getPriorityFromLabels } from './utils.js';
+import { projectIds, getPriorityFromLabels, isBotLogin } from './utils.js';
 
 export const syncPr = async (pr: string) => {
   const github = Github.default();
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ export const syncPrData = async (prDetails: any) => {
 
   for (let index = 0; index < timelineItems.length; index++) {
     const item = timelineItems[timelineItems.length-index-1];
-    if (item?.createdAt !== undefined && item.author?.login !== 'github-actions' && item.actor?.login !== 'github-actions' && item.commit?.author?.user?.login !== 'github-actions') {
+    if (item?.createdAt !== undefined && !isBotLogin(item.author?.login)
+      && !isBotLogin(item.actor?.login) && !isBotLogin(item.commit?.author?.user?.login) ) {
       updateDate = new Date(item.createdAt ?? item.commit.committedDate);
       break;
     }
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/utils.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/utils.ts
index f32a9fbe6bc1e..184a68d17bb68 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/project-sync/lib/utils.ts
@@ -104,3 +104,10 @@ export const getPriorityFromLabels = (labels: any[], priorityField: { options: R
   }
   return undefined;
 };
+
+const botLogins = new Set([
+  'github-actions',
+  'related-issues-bot-for-aws',
+]);
+
+export const isBotLogin = (login: string) => botLogins.has(login);