diff --git a/.github/auto-label.yaml b/.github/auto-label.yaml
index 4caef688..5e6999f0 100644
--- a/.github/auto-label.yaml
+++ b/.github/auto-label.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 requestsize:
   enabled: true
+staleness:
+  pullrequest: true
+  old: 30
+  extraold: 60
diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index ca570c1e..aef0e36c 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@
     s.move(library)
 
 s.remove_staging_dirs()
-java.common_templates()
+java.common_templates(excludes=['.github/auto-label.yaml'])