diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index cde2d5e..c0e3281 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ updates:
     commit-message:
       prefix: chore
       include: scope
+    # stellar-sdk 17 waits for @x402/stellar (still requires ^16.3.0); mppx is bumped by hand
+    # because an earlier bump broke MPP; TypeScript majors are not taken automatically.
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "@stellar/stellar-sdk"
+        versions: [">=17"]
+      - dependency-name: "typescript"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+      - dependency-name: "mppx"
     groups:
       stellar-x402:
         patterns:
@@ -41,6 +49,14 @@ updates:
     commit-message:
       prefix: chore
       include: scope
+    # stellar-sdk 17 waits for @x402/stellar (still requires ^16.3.0); mppx is bumped by hand
+    # because an earlier bump broke MPP; TypeScript majors are not taken automatically.
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "@stellar/stellar-sdk"
+        versions: [">=17"]
+      - dependency-name: "typescript"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+      - dependency-name: "mppx"
     groups:
       stellar-x402:
         patterns:
@@ -65,6 +81,14 @@ updates:
     commit-message:
       prefix: chore
       include: scope
+    # stellar-sdk 17 waits for @x402/stellar (still requires ^16.3.0); mppx is bumped by hand
+    # because an earlier bump broke MPP; TypeScript majors are not taken automatically.
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "@stellar/stellar-sdk"
+        versions: [">=17"]
+      - dependency-name: "typescript"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+      - dependency-name: "mppx"
     groups:
       stellar-x402:
         patterns: