diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index eaccfeaa6..666243a3e 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ updates.ignore = [
   { groupId = "org.scala-sbt", artifactId = "sbt" },
   { groupId = "ch.qos.logback", artifactId = "logback-classic" },
   { groupId = "io.circe", artifactId = "circe-generic" },
+  { groupId = "org.asynchttpclient", artifactId = "async-http-client" },
   { groupId = "org.scala-js" },
   { groupId = "org.scala-lang" },
   { groupId = "com.lightbend.sbt", artifactId = "sbt-java-formatter" }