diff --git a/data/repos.yml b/data/repos.yml
index 1e5e0db092..2ef42fb107 100644
--- a/data/repos.yml
+++ b/data/repos.yml
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@
 - repo_name: govuk-platform-internal
   team: "#govuk-platform-engineering"
   type: Utilities
+  private_repo: true
   sentry_url: false
   description: Repo intended for documentation of tasks related to platform engineering