diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 7770d3efb4f3..b42ec1e3ed2d 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ updates:
       go.opentelemetry.io:
           patterns:
             - "go.opentelemetry.io/*"
+    ignore:
+      # go-control-plane v0.12.0 introduced a potential deadlock issue. This issue is
+      # being tracked in https://github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/issues/875.
+      # Remove this once the issue is resolved.
+      - dependency-name: github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane
 
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/tools/releases/dockerfiles"
@@ -37,5 +42,5 @@ updates:
       interval: "weekly"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 15
     labels:
-      - "dependencies"      
+      - "dependencies"
       - "ci/skip-test" # No need to run tests on github actions updates