diff --git a/.github/workflows/secscan.yaml b/.github/workflows/secscan.yaml
index 149580709022..884b84d5a85f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secscan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secscan.yaml
@@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
       - name: Run Gosec Security Scanner
+        if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
         uses: securego/gosec@master
         with:
           # we let the report trigger content trigger a failure using the GitHub Security features.
           args: '-no-fail -fmt sarif -out results.sarif ./...'
       - name: Upload SARIF file
+        if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
         with:
           # Path to SARIF file relative to the root of the repository
-          sarif_file: results.sarif
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+          sarif_file: results.sarif