diff --git a/analyze/action.yml b/analyze/action.yml
index 1d6deacf5..50c8b3d31 100644
--- a/analyze/action.yml
+++ b/analyze/action.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ inputs:
     default: "true"
   wait-for-processing:
     description: If true, the Action will wait for the uploaded SARIF to be processed before completing.
-    required: false
+    required: true
+    default: "false"
   token:
     default: ${{ github.token }}
   matrix:
diff --git a/lib/upload-lib.js b/lib/upload-lib.js
index c7504cabd..39d4aad6b 100644
--- a/lib/upload-lib.js
+++ b/lib/upload-lib.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ exports.findSarifFilesInDir = findSarifFilesInDir;
 // depending on what the path happens to refer to.
 // Returns true iff the upload occurred and succeeded
 async function uploadFromActions(sarifPath, gitHubVersion, apiDetails, logger) {
-    return await uploadFiles(getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath), (0, repository_1.parseRepositoryNwo)(util.getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_REPOSITORY")), await actionsUtil.getCommitOid(), await actionsUtil.getRef(), await actionsUtil.getAnalysisKey(), actionsUtil.getOptionalInput("category"), util.getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_WORKFLOW"), actionsUtil.getWorkflowRunID(), actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("checkout_path"), actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("matrix"), actionsUtil.getOptionalInput("wait-for-processing") === "true", gitHubVersion, apiDetails, logger);
+    return await uploadFiles(getSarifFilePaths(sarifPath), (0, repository_1.parseRepositoryNwo)(util.getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_REPOSITORY")), await actionsUtil.getCommitOid(), await actionsUtil.getRef(), await actionsUtil.getAnalysisKey(), actionsUtil.getOptionalInput("category"), util.getRequiredEnvParam("GITHUB_WORKFLOW"), actionsUtil.getWorkflowRunID(), actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("checkout_path"), actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("matrix"), actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("wait-for-processing") === "true", gitHubVersion, apiDetails, logger);
 }
 exports.uploadFromActions = uploadFromActions;
 // Uploads a single sarif file or a directory of sarif files
diff --git a/src/upload-lib.ts b/src/upload-lib.ts
index a381b80fa..0fab708f1 100644
--- a/src/upload-lib.ts
+++ b/src/upload-lib.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export async function uploadFromActions(
     actionsUtil.getWorkflowRunID(),
     actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("checkout_path"),
     actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("matrix"),
-    actionsUtil.getOptionalInput("wait-for-processing") === "true",
+    actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("wait-for-processing") === "true",
     gitHubVersion,
     apiDetails,
     logger
diff --git a/upload-sarif/action.yml b/upload-sarif/action.yml
index 03f1e9846..3f26f099b 100644
--- a/upload-sarif/action.yml
+++ b/upload-sarif/action.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inputs:
     description: |
       The SARIF file or directory of SARIF files to be uploaded to GitHub code scanning.
       See https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/integrating-with-code-scanning/uploading-a-sarif-file-to-github#uploading-a-code-scanning-analysis-with-github-actions
-      for information on the maximum number of results and maximum file size supported by code scanning. 
+      for information on the maximum number of results and maximum file size supported by code scanning.
     required: false
     default: '../results'
   checkout_path:
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ inputs:
     required: false
   wait-for-processing:
     description: If true, the Action will wait for the uploaded SARIF to be processed before completing.
-    required: false
+    required: true
+    default: "false"
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: '../lib/upload-sarif-action.js'