diff --git a/owlbot.py b/owlbot.py
index 93572a0..8606324 100644
--- a/owlbot.py
+++ b/owlbot.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
         ".github/workflows/docs.yml", # to avoid overwriting python version
         ".github/workflows/lint.yml", # to avoid overwriting python version
         "noxfile.py",
+        "renovate.json", # to avoid overwriting the ignorePaths list additions:
+                         # ".github/workflows/docs.yml AND lint.yml" specifically
+                         # the version of python referenced in each of those files.
+                         # Currently renovate bot wants to change 3.10 to 3.13.
     ]
 )
 
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index c7875c4..9d9a6d0 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     ":preserveSemverRanges",
     ":disableDependencyDashboard"
   ],
-  "ignorePaths": [".pre-commit-config.yaml", ".kokoro/requirements.txt", "setup.py", ".github/workflows/unittest.yml"],
+  "ignorePaths": [".pre-commit-config.yaml", ".kokoro/requirements.txt", "setup.py", ".github/workflows/unittest.yml", ".github/workflows/docs.yml", ".github/workflows/lint.yml"],
   "pip_requirements": {
     "fileMatch": ["requirements-test.txt", "samples/[\\S/]*constraints.txt", "samples/[\\S/]*constraints-test.txt"]
   }