diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 9495d7ec0a..6384ff5d5b 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,11 @@ updates:
     open-pull-requests-limit: 2
     schedule:
       interval: daily
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps(go):"
+    ignore:
+      # Avoids unnecessarily auto-creating PRs for k8s dependencies, as these
+      # will be closed since k8s dependencies need to be updated all at once
+      # starting with kanister and go through additional validation.
+      - dependency-name: "k8s.io/*"
+      - dependency-name: "sigs.k8s.io/*"