diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 19d6e34d00..657e35ad6f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "[1.x] dependabot:"
+      prefix: "[1.x] "
     ignore:
       # For all packages, ignore all major versions to minimize breaking issues
       - dependency-name: "*"
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "[1.x] dependabot:"
+      prefix: "[1.x] "
     labels:
       - "backport 1.3"