diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts b/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts
index ba081d56a6fce7..763e8dbe12de88 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/sbt-package/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import { MAVEN_REPO } from '../maven/common';
 import { downloadHttpProtocol } from '../maven/util';
 import type {
   GetReleasesConfig,
+  PostprocessReleaseConfig,
+  PostprocessReleaseResult,
   RegistryStrategy,
+  Release,
   ReleaseResult,
 } from '../types';
 import { extractPageLinks, getLatestVersion } from './util';
@@ -217,4 +220,13 @@ export class SbtPackageDatasource extends MavenDatasource {
     );
     return null;
   }
+
+  // istanbul ignore next: to be rewritten
+  override async postprocessRelease(
+    config: PostprocessReleaseConfig,
+    release: Release,
+  ): Promise<PostprocessReleaseResult> {
+    const mavenResult = await super.postprocessRelease(config, release);
+    return mavenResult === 'reject' ? release : mavenResult;
+  }
 }