diff --git a/.github/hibernate-github-bot.yml b/.github/hibernate-github-bot.yml
index f604f18a65dc..26a48092d408 100644
--- a/.github/hibernate-github-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/hibernate-github-bot.yml
@@ -75,3 +75,9 @@ licenseAgreement:
           name: license-agreement
           organization: hibernate
       titlePattern: ".*"
+branches:
+  enabled: true
+  label: "%s"
+  ignore:
+    - user: dependabot[bot]
+      titlePattern: ".*"