diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 66ed3111..385efb8a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
+    # Once we feel comfortable with e2e test coverage and it's running on dev, we can re-enable this
+    # see: https://github.com/cfpb/sbl-frontend/issues/835
+    # see also: https://github.com/cfpb/sbl-frontend/issues/957
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 0