diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 8886041e644..946a15c5bef 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
   "minor": {
     "enabled": false
   },
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "matchPaths": ["grafana-toolkit/package.json"],
+      "ignoreDeps": [
+        "copy-webpack-plugin", // need to wait for Grafana 9 to upgrade toolkit to webpack 5
+        "css-loader", // need to wait for Grafana 9 to upgrade toolkit to webpack 5        
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
   "patch": {
     "enabled": false
   },