diff --git a/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs-api.php b/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs-api.php
index 2bc251290..b003d5c60 100644
--- a/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs-api.php
+++ b/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs-api.php
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public function get_items() {
 			'no_found_rows'       => true,
 			'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
 			'posts_per_page'      => -1,
-			'meta_query'          => [
+			'meta_query'          => [ // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query -- Returns promoted jobs only which should be a small number.
 				[
 					'key'     => WP_Job_Manager_Promoted_Jobs::PROMOTED_META_KEY,
 					'compare' => 'EXISTS',
diff --git a/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs.php b/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs.php
index b2281f388..58cb72201 100644
--- a/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs.php
+++ b/includes/promoted-jobs/class-wp-job-manager-promoted-jobs.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public static function query_promoted_jobs_count( $args = [] ) {
 				'post_status'    => 'any',
 				'posts_per_page' => 1,
 				'fields'         => 'ids',
-				'meta_query'     => [
+				'meta_query'     => [ // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query -- Returns promoted jobs only which should be a small number.
 					[
 						'key'     => self::PROMOTED_META_KEY,
 						'value'   => '1',