diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 259cad80af..1d8a976ac7 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ updates.pin = [
   { groupId = "org.scala-lang", artifactId = "scala3-library", version = "3.3." }
   # protobuf 4 is not yet well supported
   { groupId = "com.google.protobuf", artifactId = "protobuf-java", version = "3." }
+  # aeron 1.46 requires Java 17
+  { groupId = "io.aeron", version = "1.45." }
 ]
 
 updates.ignore = [