diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index d857fcf10..f0a217688 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       "matchManagers": [
         "poetry"
       ],
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": [
+      "matchPackageNames": [
         "importlib-metadata",
         "pytest",
         "pytest-cov",
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@
       "matchPackageNames": ["python"],
       "enabled": false
     },
+    {
+      "description": "Ignore mkdocs and its plugins that drop Python 3.7 support",
+      "matchPackageNames": [
+        "/^mkdocs"
+      ],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": [
+        "major",
+        "minor"
+      ],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
     {
       "matchPackageNames": ["urllib3"],
       "allowedVersions": "<2.0.0"