diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 8520f18943e7e..413285fa6e78f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go"
       - dependency-name: "github.com/aws/*"
       - dependency-name: "github.com/Azure/*"
+        # Remove when https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/issues/995
+        # has been solved and shipped in a release.
+      - dependency-name: "github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
     labels:
     - kind/enhancement
     - release-note/misc