diff --git a/renovate-presets/devtool.json5 b/renovate-presets/devtool.json5
index 8a933a72d6..e3c7cba1db 100644
--- a/renovate-presets/devtool.json5
+++ b/renovate-presets/devtool.json5
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
       ],
       "enabled": true
     },
+    {
+      "description": "Ignore gitops-engine: local replace (./gitops-engine), digest bumps are not applicable.",
+      "matchDatasources": ["go"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/gitops-engine"],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
     {
       "description": "Run make mockgen after updating mockery",
       "matchDatasources": [