From 76cbf410202566c9d330251eb5cbbce99b5a0920 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Berg <jberg@newrelic.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 17:16:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Expand on explanation

---
 .github/renovate.json5 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index ff175da..8b42fcf 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   ],
   "packageRules": [
     {
-      // pin io.opentelemetry dependencies to avoid churn and for conservative api version requirement
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["io.opentelemetry:"],
+      // pin opentelemetry-api dependency to: avoid churn, for conservative api version requirement, and because opentelemetry-api is a compileOnly dependency
+      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api"],
       "matchCurrentVersion": "1.33.0",
       "enabled": false
     }