diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yaml b/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
index 0be30117a..080fd9e5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yaml
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ jobs:
             This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had
             recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you
             for your contributions.
+          # we don't want stalebot to analyze pull requests
+          only-pr-labels: "ZZZDisabledZZZ"
 
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