diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index dc1677fc28b..37d44d74483 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     'react-refresh',
 
     "@types/history", // this can be removed entirely when we upgrade history since v5 exposes types directly
+    "cypress", // cypress use is deprecated, we should not bump it anymore
     "history", // we should bump this together with react-router-dom (see https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/76744)
     "react-router", // we should bump this together with history and react-router-dom
     "react-router-dom", // we should bump this together with history (see https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/76744)