diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9d0ecb549..f5393b0ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@ jobs:
           path: junit-xml
           retention-days: 14
 
-  # Run the test suite against Temporal Cloud (skipped on forks)
+  # Run the test suite against Temporal Cloud (skipped on forks and Dependabot-triggered runs)
   cloud-test:
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'temporalio/sdk-python' }}
+    if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == '' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'temporalio/sdk-python') }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: