diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 6f339bef..7055b6f5 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": ["config:base"],
+  "labels": ["dependencies"],
   "packageRules": [
     {
       // automatically merge an update of runner
@@ -17,4 +18,4 @@
       "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
index c3a412dc..cf35b458 100644
--- a/.github/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/stale.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ exemptLabels:
   - refactor
   - documentation
   - chore
-  - needs-investigation
   - bug
+  - dependencies
+  - needs-investigation
 
 # Set to true to ignore issues in a project (defaults to false)
 exemptProjects: false