diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf b/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf
index 77857ab259..30068736f9 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf
@@ -30,6 +30,37 @@ postUpdateHooks = [
 updates.ignore = [
   // Wait with sbt 1.9.5 until we know more about https://github.com/scala/bug/issues/12868
   { groupId = "org.scala-sbt", artifactId = "sbt", version = { exact = "1.9.5" } },
+  // The following libraries were published with sbt 1.9.5 and should therefore not be released into the wild:
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", version = { exact = "2.9.0-RC1" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "sbt-play-ebean", version = { exact = "7.0.0-RC1" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-ebean", version = { exact = "7.0.0-RC1" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-file-watch", version = { exact = "1.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "cachecontrol", version = { exact = "2.3.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "sbt-twirl", version = { exact = "1.6.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "twirl-api", version = { exact = "1.6.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "twirl-api_sjs1", version = { exact = "1.6.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "twirl-compiler", version = { exact = "1.6.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "twirl-parser", version = { exact = "1.6.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-doc", version = { exact = "2.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-json", version = { exact = "2.10.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-functional", version = { exact = "2.10.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-functional_native0.4", version = { exact = "2.10.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-functional_sjs1", version = { exact = "2.10.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-json-joda", version = { exact = "2.10.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-json_native0.4", version = { exact = "2.10.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-json_sjs1", version = { exact = "2.10.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-ws-standalone", version = { exact = "2.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-ahc-ws-standalone", version = { exact = "2.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-ws-standalone-json", version = { exact = "2.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-ws-standalone-xml", version = { exact = "2.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "shaded-asynchttpclient", version = { exact = "2.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "shaded-oauth", version = { exact = "2.2.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "interplay", version = { exact = "3.1.6" } },
+  { groupId = "org.scalatestplus.play", artifactId = "scalatestplus-play", version = { exact = "6.0.0-RC1" } },
+  { groupId = "org.webjars", artifactId = "webjars-play", version = { exact = "2.9.0-RC1" } },
+  { groupId = "com.github.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-web-build-base", version = { exact = "2.0.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.github.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-web", version = { exact = "1.5.0" } },
+  { groupId = "com.github.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-js-engine", version = { exact = "1.3.0" } },
 
   // Ignore the next Scala 3 version until it is announced.
   { groupId = "org.scala-lang", artifactId = "scala3-compiler",     version = { exact = "3.3.2" } },