diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 9a9e6427..eb7ada5f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 1
+    ignore:
+      # Ignore patch updates (major.minor.patch) for all packages. This
+      # does not prevent security updates.
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
 
   # Enable version updates from GitHub Actions.
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
@@ -15,3 +20,8 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 1
+    ignore:
+      # Ignore patch updates (major.minor.patch) for all packages. This
+      # does not prevent security updates.
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]