diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index b7cfa97d0f2..d8d2e098901 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: "slate-plain-serializer"
       - dependency-name: "systemjs"
       - dependency-name: "ts-loader" # we should remove ts-loader and use babel-loader instead
+      - dependency-name: "ora" # we should bump this once we move to esm modules
     reviewers:
       - "grafana/frontend-ops"
     versioning-strategy: "increase-if-necessary"