diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index bb2ad36..0480410 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ updates:
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "jupyter-book"
         versions: [">=2.0"]
+      - dependency-name: "python"
+        # Python version should be constrained by the anaconda distribution version
+        versions: [">0"]