diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index b50a280da9e..baaca1085e6 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ updates:
           - "*"
     assignees:
       - daos-stack/actions-watchers
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "Doc-only: true \n"