diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 00e3eba3a..365e48913 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # either. hopefully this is a reasonable compromise value?
 pullRequests.frequency = "14 days"
 
-updates.ignore = [
-  # as per discussion on sbt/zinc#1236, this is
-  # "if it ain't broke don't fix it" territory
-  { groupId = "com.google.protobuf" },
-  { groupId = "org.eclipse.jgit" }
+updates.pin = [
+  { groupId = "com.google.protobuf", artifactId = "protobuf-java", version="3." },
+  { groupId = "org.eclipse.jgit", artifactId = "org.eclipse.jgit", version="6." }
 ]