diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 66fcfbe..65ed349 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@
       ],
       "enabled": true
     },
+    {
+      "description": "Skip major updates of indirect Go modules: a new major version is a separate module path that no dependency imports, so the update only adds an unused requirement",
+      "matchManagers": [
+        "gomod"
+      ],
+      "matchDepTypes": [
+        "indirect"
+      ],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": [
+        "major"
+      ],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
     {
       "description": "Update the Go version declared in go.mod",
       "matchManagers": [