diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 361ca341bbe..442e49b5378 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,25 @@ allowedUpdates: [
 ]
 updates.ignore = [
   // explicit updates
-  { groupId = "org.scalameta", artifactId = "scalafmt-core" }
+  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka" }, // Akka & Akka HTTP
+  { groupId = "org.scalameta", artifactId = "scalafmt-core" },
+  // these will get updated along with jackson-databind, so no need to update them
+  // separately
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.module", artifactId = "jackson-module-parameter-names" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.module", artifactId = "jackson-module-paranamer" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.module", artifactId = "jackson-module-scala" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", artifactId = "jackson-annotations" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", artifactId = "jackson-core" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat", artifactId = "jackson-dataformat-cbor" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype", artifactId = "jackson-datatype-jsr310" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype", artifactId = "jackson-datatype-jdk8" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype", artifactId = "jackson-datatype-pcollections" },
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype", artifactId = "jackson-datatype-guava" }
+]
+
+updates.pin = [
+  # To be updated in tandem with upstream Akka
+  { groupId = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", artifactId = "jackson-databind", version = "2.10." }
 ]
 
 updatePullRequests = false