diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 7692945aa..e1b946940 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: eslint-plugin-react-hooks
         versions:
           - ">= 7.0.0"
+      # @cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers (0.22.0, the latest) peers on vitest
+      # ^4.1.0 and runs the control-plane integration tests, so vitest 5 cannot
+      # run them. Drop this entry once pool-workers accepts vitest 5.
+      - dependency-name: vitest
+        versions:
+          - ">= 5.0.0"
 
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     directory: /