diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 27d97143..65cba7e0 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@
       "separateMultipleMajor": false,
       "separateMinorPatch": false
     },
+    {
+      "description": "Never bump indirect Go deps across majors. A new major is a different module path; nothing in this repo imports it, so go mod tidy just strips the new lines again.",
+      "matchManagers": ["gomod"],
+      "matchDepTypes": ["indirect"],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
     {
       "description": "Group GitHub Actions updates",
       "matchManagers": ["github-actions"],