diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 3dd56ade..ebeb6563 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -14,5 +14,12 @@ updates:
       interval: weekly
   - package-ecosystem: "conda"
     directory: "/"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: ⬆️
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
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+      interval: "weekly"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "jupyter-book"
+        versions: [">=2.0"]
+      - dependency-name: "python"
+        # Python version should be constrained by the anaconda distribution version
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