diff --git a/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml
index 3bb7a95ac5b..af13ce3ab85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/status-checks.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ jobs:
             -f context='github-ui / projects' \
             -f description='Skipped' \
             -f target_url="$TARGET_URL"
+
+          gh api -X POST "/repos/primer/react/statuses/$SHA" \
+            -f state='success' \
+            -f context='github-ui / vrt' \
+            -f description='Skipped' \
+            -f target_url="$TARGET_URL"
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_primer_token.outputs.token }}
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
@@ -74,6 +80,11 @@ jobs:
             -f state='success' \
             -f context='github-ui / projects' \
             -f description='Skipped'
+
+          gh api -X POST "/repos/primer/react/statuses/${{ github.event.merge_group.head_sha }}" \
+            -f state='success' \
+            -f context='github-ui / vrt' \
+            -f description='Skipped'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_primer_token.outputs.token }}
 
@@ -108,6 +119,12 @@ jobs:
             -f context='github-ui / projects' \
             -f description='Manual override' \
             -f target_url="$COMMENT_URL"
+
+          gh api -X POST "/repos/primer/react/statuses/$SHA" \
+            -f state='success' \
+            -f context='github-ui / vrt' \
+            -f description='Manual override' \
+            -f target_url="$COMMENT_URL"
         env:
           COMMENT_URL: ${{ github.event.comment.html_url }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_primer_token.outputs.token }}