diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 89287027a..b85d241e7 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ updates.ignore = [
   { groupId = "org.apache.pekko", artifactId = "pekko-stream-testkit" },
   { groupId = "org.apache.pekko", artifactId = "pekko-multi-node-testkit" },
   { groupId = "org.apache.pekko", artifactId = "pekko-http" },
-  { groupId = "com.lightbend.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-java-formatter" }
+  { groupId = "com.lightbend.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-java-formatter" },
+  // this will get updated along with jackson-databind, so no need to update separately
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat" }
 ]
 
 updates.pin = [