diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index dd02ce828f..695935f43c 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-pullRequests.frequency = "@monthly"
-
 updates.ignore = [
-  { groupId = "com.google.protobuf", artifactId = "protobuf-java" }
   { groupId = "org.scalameta", artifactId = "scalafmt-core" }
   { groupId = "org.scalameta", artifactId = "sbt-scalafmt" }
   // these will get updated along with jackson-core, so no need to update them
@@ -13,11 +10,11 @@ updates.ignore = [
   { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat", artifactId = "jackson-dataformat-cbor" }
   { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype", artifactId = "jackson-datatype-jsr310" }
   { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype", artifactId = "jackson-datatype-jdk8" }
+  { groupId = "com.google.protobuf", artifactId = "protobuf-java" }
   { groupId = "com.typesafe", artifactId = "ssl-config-core" }
   { groupId = "com.typesafe.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-osgi" }
   { groupId = "org.agrona", artifactId = "agrona" }
   { groupId = "org.mockito", artifactId = "mockito-core" }
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-osgi" }
 ]
 
-updatePullRequests = false
+updatePullRequests = "always"