diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml
index 9bbb2ccbd5..ed32f8572a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger-dependabot-auto-merge-forward.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: Trigger Dependabot Auto Merge Forward
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - '*.x'
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "dependabot/**"
 
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