diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/AlertService.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/AlertService.kt
index 5fac12ac8..0ccc19a97 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/AlertService.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/AlertService.kt
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ class AlertService(
         if (requestsToRetry.isEmpty()) return
         // Retry Bulk requests if there was any 429 response
         retryPolicy.retry(logger, listOf(RestStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS)) {
-            val bulkRequest = BulkRequest().add(requestsToRetry).setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.IMMEDIATE)
+            val bulkRequest = BulkRequest().add(requestsToRetry).setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.WAIT_UNTIL)
             val bulkResponse: BulkResponse = client.suspendUntil { client.bulk(bulkRequest, it) }
             val failedResponses = (bulkResponse.items ?: arrayOf()).filter { it.isFailed }
             requestsToRetry = failedResponses.filter { it.status() == RestStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS }
diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt
index b7067f3b0..616c6338c 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.alerting.transport
 
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager
 import org.apache.lucene.search.join.ScoreMode
 import org.opensearch.OpenSearchStatusException
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ import org.opensearch.alerting.action.GetMonitorAction
 import org.opensearch.alerting.action.GetMonitorRequest
 import org.opensearch.alerting.action.GetMonitorResponse
 import org.opensearch.alerting.action.GetMonitorResponse.AssociatedWorkflow
+import org.opensearch.alerting.opensearchapi.suspendUntil
 import org.opensearch.alerting.settings.AlertingSettings
 import org.opensearch.alerting.util.AlertingException
 import org.opensearch.alerting.util.ScheduledJobUtils.Companion.WORKFLOW_DELEGATE_PATH
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ import org.opensearch.tasks.Task
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService
 
 private val log = LogManager.getLogger(TransportGetMonitorAction::class.java)
+private val scope: CoroutineScope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO)
 
 class TransportGetMonitorAction @Inject constructor(
     transportService: TransportService,
@@ -118,18 +123,19 @@ class TransportGetMonitorAction @Inject constructor(
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-
-                        actionListener.onResponse(
-                            GetMonitorResponse(
-                                response.id,
-                                response.version,
-                                response.seqNo,
-                                response.primaryTerm,
-                                RestStatus.OK,
-                                monitor,
-                                getAssociatedWorkflows(response.id)
+                        scope.launch {
+                            actionListener.onResponse(
+                                GetMonitorResponse(
+                                    response.id,
+                                    response.version,
+                                    response.seqNo,
+                                    response.primaryTerm,
+                                    RestStatus.OK,
+                                    monitor,
+                                    getAssociatedWorkflows(response.id)
+                                )
                             )
-                        )
+                        }
                     }
 
                     override fun onFailure(t: Exception) {
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ class TransportGetMonitorAction @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    private fun getAssociatedWorkflows(id: String): List<AssociatedWorkflow> {
+    private suspend fun getAssociatedWorkflows(id: String): List<AssociatedWorkflow> {
         try {
             val associatedWorkflows = mutableListOf<AssociatedWorkflow>()
             val queryBuilder = QueryBuilders.nestedQuery(
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@ class TransportGetMonitorAction @Inject constructor(
             val searchRequest = SearchRequest()
                 .indices(ScheduledJob.SCHEDULED_JOBS_INDEX)
                 .source(SearchSourceBuilder().query(queryBuilder).fetchField("_id"))
-            val response: SearchResponse = client.execute(SearchAction.INSTANCE, searchRequest).get()
+            val response: SearchResponse = client.suspendUntil { client.execute(SearchAction.INSTANCE, searchRequest, it) }
 
             for (hit in response.hits) {
                 XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(