diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 8df185c873b3..38710897fbb3 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
       "matchPackageNames": ["org.jenkins-ci.main:remoting"],
       "description": "Avoid updating the remoting.minimum.supported.version property but still update latest one by not placing this property in the parent pom.xml",
       "enabled": false
+    },
+    {
+      "matchPackageNames": ["net.jcip:jcip-annotations"],
+      "matchDatasources": ["maven"],
+      "enabled": false,
+      "description": "maven-metadata.xml is missing for this really old package which is required by renovate"
     }
   ],
   "customManagers": [