diff --git a/config/feature_flags/development/delayed_repository_update_mirror_worker.yml b/config/feature_flags/development/delayed_repository_update_mirror_worker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0de84c81e1d9565c0438ad4160bd88c2a14a5746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/feature_flags/development/delayed_repository_update_mirror_worker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: delayed_repository_update_mirror_worker
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/87995
+rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/362894
+milestone: '15.1'
+type: development
+group: group::source code
+default_enabled: false
diff --git a/ee/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb b/ee/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb
index 8a749dad660abdc508a2b82348ea4f660b5c4329..a75a91d444a657b28b62ee0eb6ccf275f8f90604 100644
--- a/ee/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb
+++ b/ee/app/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class RepositoryUpdateMirrorWorker
   include ApplicationWorker
 
   idempotent!
-  data_consistency :always
+  data_consistency :sticky, feature_flag: :delayed_repository_update_mirror_worker
   include ProjectStartImport
 
   feature_category :source_code_management
diff --git a/ee/spec/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker_spec.rb b/ee/spec/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker_spec.rb
index dddc09ad7e6fb84c9bf5277ef2a941d35d77c98c..2b2a17d8c355843e9a70bacd26f170da88944f75 100644
--- a/ee/spec/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/workers/repository_update_mirror_worker_spec.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
       allow(worker).to receive(:jid).and_return(jid)
     end
 
+    it_behaves_like 'worker with data consistency',
+                    described_class,
+                    feature_flag: :delayed_repository_update_mirror_worker,
+                    data_consistency: :sticky
+
     it 'sets status as finished when update mirror service executes successfully' do
       expect_next_instance_of(Projects::UpdateMirrorService) do |instance|
         expect(instance).to receive(:execute).and_return(status: :success)