diff --git a/changelog.d/20260803_102412_jwhite242_submit_sleep.md b/changelog.d/20260803_102412_jwhite242_submit_sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0409aecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20260803_102412_jwhite242_submit_sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Fixed
+
+- Guards sleep in submit loop to only trigger if a submission failure occurs.  Significantly speeds up job submission rates which were previously capped at 1 per second due to this sleep.  Implemented in [PR #481](https://github.com/llnl/maestrowf/pull/481).
diff --git a/maestrowf/datastructures/core/executiongraph.py b/maestrowf/datastructures/core/executiongraph.py
index bb18d01d..05f59c39 100644
--- a/maestrowf/datastructures/core/executiongraph.py
+++ b/maestrowf/datastructures/core/executiongraph.py
@@ -642,7 +642,8 @@ def _execute_record(self, record, adapter, restart=False):
             # Increment the number of restarts we've attempted.
             LOGGER.debug("Completed submission attempt %d", num_restarts)
             num_restarts += 1
-            sleep((random.random() + 1) * num_restarts)
+            if retcode != SubmissionCode.OK:
+                sleep((random.random() + 1) * num_restarts)
 
         if retcode == SubmissionCode.OK:
             self.in_progress.add(record.name)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bebda974..f2075eab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [tool]
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "maestrowf"
-version = "1.2.1dev4"
+version = "1.2.1dev5"
 description = "A tool to easily orchestrate general computational workflows both locally and on supercomputers."
 license = "MIT License"
 classifiers = [