diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index dbdd1cbbb..7ea71a125 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ updates:
       interval: "daily"
       time: "22:00"
       timezone: "Europe/London"
+    ignore:
+      # Solr dependencies
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.lucene:lucene-analyzers-common"
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.solr:solr-core"
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.solr:solr-analysis-extras"
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.solr:solr-langid"
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.solr:solr-clustering"
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.solr:solr-test-framework"
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.solr:solr-solrj"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "search-services/packaging/src/docker/"