diff --git a/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml
index 720799ab124..5005475e9f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/community_metrics.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,20 @@ jobs:
       shell: pwsh
       run: |
         Get-Content ./community_metrics.md >> $env:GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          
+
+    - name: Close Previous Issue
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: |
+        # Without the --repo switch, the GH CLI will try to look it up from the current clone, which doesn't exist
+        # because we don't otherwise need checkout.
+        $issues = gh issue list --repo '${{ github.repository }}' --label 'community metrics' --state open --json number --jq '.[].number'
+        foreach ($issue in $issues)
+        {
+            gh issue close $issue --repo '${{ github.repository }}' --comment 'Closing this issue as newer community metrics are available.'
+        }
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
     - name: Create Issue
       # v5.0.0
       uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@24452a72d85239eacf1468b0f1982a9f3fec4c94