diff --git a/lib/pr_checker.js b/lib/pr_checker.js
index 5e41eb8b..b45c8e76 100644
--- a/lib/pr_checker.js
+++ b/lib/pr_checker.js
@@ -26,6 +26,33 @@ const WAIT_TIME_SINGLE_APPROVAL = 24 * 7;
 const GITHUB_SUCCESS_CONCLUSIONS = ['SUCCESS', 'NEUTRAL', 'SKIPPED'];
 const GITHUB_ACTIONS_APP = 'github-actions';
 
+// A commit keeps every check suite ever attached to it, so a branch that is
+// force-pushed away from a SHA and back again accumulates one suite per run.
+// Runs of the same workflow supersede one another, but runs triggered by
+// different events do not, so both make up the key.
+function selectLatestCheckSuites(nodes) {
+  const latest = new Map();
+  const unkeyed = [];
+
+  for (const suite of nodes) {
+    const { workflowRun } = suite;
+    if (!workflowRun) {
+      // A suite without run metadata cannot be compared against another, so
+      // it is kept as is rather than dropped.
+      unkeyed.push(suite);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const key = `${workflowRun.workflow.id}:${workflowRun.event}`;
+    const current = latest.get(key);
+    if (!current || workflowRun.runNumber > current.workflowRun.runNumber) {
+      latest.set(key, suite);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return [...unkeyed, ...latest.values()];
+}
+
 const FAST_TRACK_RE = /^Fast-track has been requested by @(.+?)\. Please 👍 to approve\.$/;
 const FAST_TRACK_MIN_APPROVALS = 2;
 const GIT_CONFIG_GUIDE_URL = 'https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/99b1ada/doc/guides/contributing/pull-requests.md#step-1-fork';
@@ -460,7 +487,8 @@ export default class PRChecker {
     const pendingJobs = [];
 
     // GitHub new Check API
-    for (const { status, conclusion, checkRuns } of checkSuites.nodes) {
+    for (const { status, conclusion, checkRuns } of
+      selectLatestCheckSuites(checkSuites.nodes)) {
       if (status !== 'COMPLETED') {
         pendingJobs.push({ status, conclusion });
         continue;
diff --git a/lib/queries/PR.gql b/lib/queries/PR.gql
index 10400af4..4c2631a8 100644
--- a/lib/queries/PR.gql
+++ b/lib/queries/PR.gql
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ query PR($prid: Int!, $owner: String!, $repo: String!) {
               nodes {
                 conclusion,
                 status,
+                workflowRun {
+                  event
+                  runNumber
+                  workflow {
+                    id
+                  }
+                }
                 checkRuns(first: 40) {
                   nodes {
                     name
diff --git a/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js b/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js
index a64c4855..0183f458 100644
--- a/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js
@@ -2117,6 +2117,133 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
       cli.assertCalledWith(expectedLogs);
     });
 
+    it('should ignore a check suite superseded by a later run', async() => {
+      const cli = new TestCLI();
+
+      const supersededSuite = [{
+        commit: {
+          committedDate: '2017-10-26T12:10:20Z',
+          oid: '9d098ssiskj8dhd39js0sjd0cn2ng4is9n40sj12d',
+          messageHeadline: 'doc: add api description README',
+          author: { login: 'foo' },
+          checkSuites: {
+            nodes: [
+              {
+                status: 'COMPLETED',
+                conclusion: 'CANCELLED',
+                workflowRun: {
+                  event: 'pull_request',
+                  runNumber: 1,
+                  workflow: { id: 'workflow-1' }
+                },
+                checkRuns: {
+                  nodes: [{
+                    name: 'test-linux',
+                    status: 'COMPLETED',
+                    conclusion: 'CANCELLED',
+                    detailsUrl: 'https://github.com/nodejs/node/runs/1'
+                  }]
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                status: 'COMPLETED',
+                conclusion: 'SUCCESS',
+                workflowRun: {
+                  event: 'pull_request',
+                  runNumber: 2,
+                  workflow: { id: 'workflow-1' }
+                },
+                checkRuns: {
+                  nodes: [{
+                    name: 'test-linux',
+                    status: 'COMPLETED',
+                    conclusion: 'SUCCESS',
+                    detailsUrl: 'https://github.com/nodejs/node/runs/2'
+                  }]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      }];
+
+      const expectedLogs = {
+        ok: [['Last GitHub CI successful']]
+      };
+
+      const data = Object.assign({}, baseData, { commits: supersededSuite });
+      const checker = new PRChecker(cli, data, {}, testArgv);
+
+      const status = await checker.checkCI();
+      assert(status);
+      cli.assertCalledWith(expectedLogs);
+    });
+
+    it('should not let a run supersede one from a different event', async() => {
+      const cli = new TestCLI();
+
+      const differentEvents = [{
+        commit: {
+          committedDate: '2017-10-26T12:10:20Z',
+          oid: '9d098ssiskj8dhd39js0sjd0cn2ng4is9n40sj12d',
+          messageHeadline: 'doc: add api description README',
+          author: { login: 'foo' },
+          checkSuites: {
+            nodes: [
+              {
+                status: 'COMPLETED',
+                conclusion: 'FAILURE',
+                workflowRun: {
+                  event: 'push',
+                  runNumber: 1,
+                  workflow: { id: 'workflow-1' }
+                },
+                checkRuns: {
+                  nodes: [{
+                    name: 'test-linux',
+                    status: 'COMPLETED',
+                    conclusion: 'FAILURE',
+                    detailsUrl: 'https://github.com/nodejs/node/runs/1'
+                  }]
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                status: 'COMPLETED',
+                conclusion: 'SUCCESS',
+                workflowRun: {
+                  event: 'pull_request',
+                  runNumber: 2,
+                  workflow: { id: 'workflow-1' }
+                },
+                checkRuns: {
+                  nodes: [{
+                    name: 'test-linux',
+                    status: 'COMPLETED',
+                    conclusion: 'SUCCESS',
+                    detailsUrl: 'https://github.com/nodejs/node/runs/2'
+                  }]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      }];
+
+      const expectedLogs = {
+        error: [
+          ['1 GitHub CI job(s) failed:'],
+          ['  - test-linux: FAILURE (https://github.com/nodejs/node/runs/1)']
+        ]
+      };
+
+      const data = Object.assign({}, baseData, { commits: differentEvents });
+      const checker = new PRChecker(cli, data, {}, testArgv);
+
+      const status = await checker.checkCI();
+      assert(!status);
+      cli.assertCalledWith(expectedLogs);
+    });
+
     it('should handle empty checkRuns array', async() => {
       const cli = new TestCLI();