diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 1d8a976ac7..faccfe7ca9 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ updates.pin = [
   # Pin sbt-paradox to v0.9.x because 0.10.x needs JDK 11
   { groupId = "com.lightbend.paradox", artifactId = "sbt-paradox-project-info", version = "0.9." }
   { groupId = "com.lightbend.paradox", artifactId = "sbt-paradox", version = "0.9." }
-  # Scala 3.3 is a   LTS
+  # Scala 3.3 is the latest LTS version
   { 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." }
+  # see https://github.com/apache/pekko/issues/1492
+  { groupId = "com.gradle", artifactId = "sbt-develocity", version = "1.0." }
 ]
 
 updates.ignore = [