diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index b3909642552..af4bf894380 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -29,7 +29,16 @@
     "systemjs",
     "copy-webpack-plugin", // try to upgrade with newer yarn release. Not working with 3.1.1
     "ts-loader", // we should remove ts-loader and use babel-loader instead
-    "ora" // we should bump this once we move to esm modules
+    "ora", // we should bump this once we move to esm modules
+
+    // dep updates blocked by React 18
+    "@testing-library/react",
+    "@types/react",
+    "@types/react-dom",
+    "@types/react-test-renderer",
+    "react",
+    "react-dom",
+    "react-test-renderer"
   ],
   "ignorePaths": ["packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json", "emails/**", "plugins-bundled/**", "**/mocks/**"],
   "labels": ["area/frontend", "dependencies"],