diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml
index 5a3d23fee..7d3a0ddd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-old-issues.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ on:
         description: "inactive-days: Specify how many days the issue has to have had no activity to get the 'stale-old' label."
         default: 720
       stale-label-days:
-        description: "stale-label-days: Specify how many days the issue has to have had the 'stale-old' label to be closed."
+        description: "stale-label-days: Specify how many days the issue has to have had the 'stale-old' label to be closed. Must be >= 14 days or will default to -1 days (never)."
         default: -1
 jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       stale-days: ${{ github.event.inputs.inactive-days || 720 }}
-      close-days: ${{ github.event.inputs.stale-label-days || -1 }}
+      close-days: ${{ github.event.inputs.stale-label-days >= 14 && github.event.inputs.stale-label-days || -1 }}
       stale-label: stale-old
       stale-exempt-label: stale-exempt
     steps:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         days-before-pr-stale: -1
         days-before-pr-close: -1
         days-before-stale: ${{ env.stale-days }}
-        stale-issue-message: "This issue is now marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}' due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.stale-days }} days. Unless the '${{ env.stale-label }}' label is removed or the issue is commented on, this will be remain open for at least ${{ env.close-days }} days and then it may be closed. If you would like to make this issue exempt from getting stale, please add the '${{ env.stale-exempt-label }}' label."
+        stale-issue-message: "This issue is now marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}' due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.stale-days }} days. Unless the '${{ env.stale-label }}' label is removed or the issue is commented on, this will be remain open for at least 14 days and then it may be closed. If you would like to make this issue exempt from getting stale, please add the '${{ env.stale-exempt-label }}' label."
         days-before-close: ${{ env.close-days }}
         close-issue-message: "This issue is now closed due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.close-days }} days since being marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}'."
-        operations-per-run: 100
+        operations-per-run: 200
diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
index 2c691f322..646715ee8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-stale-issues.yml
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ jobs:
         stale-issue-message: "This issue is now marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}' due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.stale-days }} days and being labelled '${{ env.only-label }}'. Unless the '${{ env.stale-label }}' label is removed or the issue is commented on, this will be closed in ${{ env.close-days }} days. If you would like to make this issue exempt from getting stale, please remove the '${{ env.only-label }}' and '${{ env.stale-label }}' labels or add the '${{ env.stale-exempt-label }}' label"
         days-before-close: ${{ env.close-days }}
         close-issue-message: "This issue is now closed due to there being no activity on it for the past ${{ env.close-days }} days since being marked as '${{ env.stale-label }}'."
-        operations-per-run: 100
+        operations-per-run: 200