diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index d147fcc0a76..b3909642552 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "history", // we should bump this together with react-router-dom
     "@mdx-js/react", // storybook peer-depends on it's 1.x version, we should upgrade this when we upgrade storybook
     "monaco-editor", // due to us exposing this via @grafana/ui/CodeEditor's props bumping can break plugins
+    "node-fetch", // we should bump this once we move to esm modules
     "react-hook-form", // due to us exposing these hooks via @grafana/ui form components bumping can break plugins
     "react-icons", // jaeger-ui-components is being refactored to use @grafana/ui icons instead
     "react-router-dom", // we should bump this together with history