diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 0fbf051a11..849452a7d0 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ updates.ignore = [
   { groupId = "com.typesafe.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-osgi" }
   { groupId = "org.agrona", artifactId = "agrona" }
   { groupId = "org.mockito", artifactId = "mockito-core" }
+  { groupId = "com.lightbend.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-java-formatter" }
 ]
 
 updatePullRequests = "always"