diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index d0f1a2dde..ea0e40466 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@
     extends: ["schedule:weekly"],
     groupName: "lockfile maintenance",
   },
+    "ignoreDeps": [
+        "http02" // AWS SDK needs an old http version for testing
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 36d8842ba..7ce7a1e39 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ procfs = "0.15.1"
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.7.0"
 kuchikiki = "0.8"
-http02 = { version = "0.2.11", package = "http"}
+http02 = { version = "0.2.11", package = "http"} # AWS SDKs need http 0.2 for testing
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 rand = "0.9"
 mockito = "1.0.2"