diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index f74eeed2f5..8615007571 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
   "description": "Use Alfa's renovate preset",
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "description": "get-packages must be kept at the same version as in @changesets/cli; chalk update needs some fix in alfa-test",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@manypkg/get-packages", "chalk"],
+      "enabled": false
+    }
+  ],
   "extends": ["local>siteimprove/alfa//config/alfa-renovate"]
 }