diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 618abdd..5ddbde5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.2",
     "@types/pug": "^2.0.6",
     "async-mutex": "0.3.2",
-    "commander": "^10.0.1",
+    "commander": "^11.0.0",
     "date-fns": "2.28.0",
     "express-prom-bundle": "^6.6.0",
     "glob": "^8.0.3",
diff --git a/src/bot/parse/parsePullRequestBotCommandLine.namedArgs.spec.ts b/src/bot/parse/parsePullRequestBotCommandLine.namedArgs.spec.ts
index 7d0d19a..11d287a 100644
--- a/src/bot/parse/parsePullRequestBotCommandLine.namedArgs.spec.ts
+++ b/src/bot/parse/parsePullRequestBotCommandLine.namedArgs.spec.ts
@@ -227,22 +227,23 @@ const dataProvider: DataProvider[] = [
   {
     suitName: "ignored command merge",
     commandLine: "bot merge",
-    expectedResponse: new SkipEvent("Ignored command: merge"),
+    expectedResponse: new Error(
+      `\`bot merge\` and \`bot rebase\` are not supported anymore. Please use native Github "Auto-Merge" and "Update Branch" buttons instead. \n![image](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/assets/1177472/e0883113-9440-4517-9d42-d4255573a2be)`,
+    ),
   },
   {
     suitName: "ignored command merge force",
     commandLine: "bot merge force",
-    expectedResponse: new SkipEvent("Ignored command: merge"),
+    expectedResponse: new Error(
+      `\`bot merge\` and \`bot rebase\` are not supported anymore. Please use native Github "Auto-Merge" and "Update Branch" buttons instead. \n![image](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/assets/1177472/e0883113-9440-4517-9d42-d4255573a2be)`,
+    ),
   },
   {
     suitName: "ignored command rebase",
     commandLine: "bot rebase",
-    expectedResponse: new SkipEvent("Ignored command: rebase"),
-  },
-  {
-    suitName: "ignored command 2",
-    commandLine: "bot rebase",
-    expectedResponse: new SkipEvent("Ignored command: rebase"),
+    expectedResponse: new Error(
+      `\`bot merge\` and \`bot rebase\` are not supported anymore. Please use native Github "Auto-Merge" and "Update Branch" buttons instead. \n![image](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/assets/1177472/e0883113-9440-4517-9d42-d4255573a2be)`,
+    ),
   },
 
   /*
diff --git a/src/commander/commander.ts b/src/commander/commander.ts
index 684db13..b9e87a0 100644
--- a/src/commander/commander.ts
+++ b/src/commander/commander.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export function getCommanderFromConfiguration(
     }
     throw new Error((e as CommanderError).message.replace("error: ", ""));
   };
+
   const addPresetOptions = (cfg: {
     presetCommand: Command;
     presetConfig: NonNullable<CmdJson["command"]["presets"]>[keyof NonNullable<CmdJson["command"]["presets"]>];
@@ -88,6 +89,16 @@ export function getCommanderFromConfiguration(
       parsedCommand = new CleanCommand();
     });
 
+  root
+    .command("merge")
+    .alias("rebase")
+    .exitOverride()
+    .action(() => {
+      parsedCommand = new Error(
+        `\`bot merge\` and \`bot rebase\` are not supported anymore. Please use native Github "Auto-Merge" and "Update Branch" buttons instead. \n![image](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/assets/1177472/e0883113-9440-4517-9d42-d4255573a2be)`,
+      );
+    });
+
   root
     .command("cancel [taskid]")
     .description("cancel previous command")
@@ -108,6 +119,8 @@ export function getCommanderFromConfiguration(
     }
   }
 
+  // allows unknown options, so we can parse them later if command is unknown
+  root.allowUnknownOption(true);
   root.addOption(getVariablesOption()).exitOverride(variablesExitOverride);
 
   for (const [commandKey, commandConfig] of Object.entries(commandConfigs)) {
diff --git a/src/test/github-ignore-comands.spec.ts b/src/test/github-ignore-comands.spec.ts
index cbe9297..9674349 100644
--- a/src/test/github-ignore-comands.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/github-ignore-comands.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
   await initRepo(gitDaemons.gitLab, "paritytech-stg", "command-bot-test.git", []);
 });
 
-describe.each(commandsDataProvider)(
+describe.skip.each(commandsDataProvider)(
   "$suitName: Non pipeline scenario (GitHub webhook)",
   // eslint-disable-next-line unused-imports/no-unused-vars-ts
   ({ suitName, commandLine }) => {
diff --git a/src/test/github-non-pipeline-cases.spec.ts b/src/test/github-non-pipeline-cases.spec.ts
index dfad206..3f85ae4 100644
--- a/src/test/github-non-pipeline-cases.spec.ts
+++ b/src/test/github-non-pipeline-cases.spec.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,33 @@ const commandsDataProvider: CommandDataProviderItem[] = [
         '@somedev123 Unknown subcommand of "fmt". Refer to [help docs](http://localhost:3000/static/docs/latest.html?repo=command-bot-test) and/or [source code](https://github.com/paritytech/command-bot-scripts).',
     },
   },
+
+  {
+    suitName: "[merge/rebase] merge",
+    commandLine: "testbot merge",
+    expected: {
+      startMessage: `@somedev123 \`bot merge\` and \`bot rebase\` are not supported anymore. Please use native Github "Auto-Merge" and "Update Branch" buttons instead. 
+![image](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/assets/1177472/e0883113-9440-4517-9d42-d4255573a2be)`,
+    },
+  },
+
+  {
+    suitName: "[merge/rebase] merge force",
+    commandLine: "testbot merge force",
+    expected: {
+      startMessage: `@somedev123 \`bot merge\` and \`bot rebase\` are not supported anymore. Please use native Github "Auto-Merge" and "Update Branch" buttons instead. 
+![image](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/assets/1177472/e0883113-9440-4517-9d42-d4255573a2be)`,
+    },
+  },
+
+  {
+    suitName: "[merge/rebase] rebase",
+    commandLine: "testbot rebase",
+    expected: {
+      startMessage: `@somedev123 \`bot merge\` and \`bot rebase\` are not supported anymore. Please use native Github "Auto-Merge" and "Update Branch" buttons instead. 
+![image](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/assets/1177472/e0883113-9440-4517-9d42-d4255573a2be)`,
+    },
+  },
   // TODO: add test for clean after moving to opstooling-testing
   // {
   //   suitName: "[clean] command",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4bf3bda..dc4adf9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2484,10 +2484,10 @@ combined-stream@^1.0.8:
   dependencies:
     delayed-stream "~1.0.0"
 
-commander@^10.0.1:
-  version "10.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-10.0.1.tgz#881ee46b4f77d1c1dccc5823433aa39b022cbe06"
-  integrity sha512-y4Mg2tXshplEbSGzx7amzPwKKOCGuoSRP/CjEdwwk0FOGlUbq6lKuoyDZTNZkmxHdJtp54hdfY/JUrdL7Xfdug==
+commander@^11.0.0:
+  version "11.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-11.0.0.tgz#43e19c25dbedc8256203538e8d7e9346877a6f67"
+  integrity sha512-9HMlXtt/BNoYr8ooyjjNRdIilOTkVJXB+GhxMTtOKwk0R4j4lS4NpjuqmRxroBfnfTSHQIHQB7wryHhXarNjmQ==
 
 commander@^2.19.0:
   version "2.20.3"