diff --git a/.github/workflows/maintainer.yml b/.github/workflows/maintainer.yml
index e2889c0a2dd48..50b3717c341b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maintainer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maintainer.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: 'Pull Request Assigner'
 on:
   - pull_request
 
+
 jobs:
   assign:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
-        pip3 install wheel setuptools
-        pip3 install pykwalify pyGithub
+        pip3 install wheel setuptools pykwalify pyGithub
         python3 scripts/maintainers/action.py
 
diff --git a/scripts/maintainers/action.py b/scripts/maintainers/action.py
index 29ebc49bbbf23..048087806e90d 100644
--- a/scripts/maintainers/action.py
+++ b/scripts/maintainers/action.py
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ def main():
                 reviewers.append(c)
 
         if reviewers:
-            gh_pr.create_review_request(reviewers=reviewers)
+            try:
+                gh_pr.create_review_request(reviewers=reviewers)
+            except:
+                log("cant add reviewer")
+                pass
 
     ms = []
     if maintainers: