diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index c727ce50..2e4c54a6 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ updates:
       - "security"
     commit-message:
       prefix: "chore(deps)"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "tailwindcss"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+      - dependency-name: "@biomejs/biome"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/performance-benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/performance-benchmark.yml
index 561cc8fa..aff06541 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/performance-benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/performance-benchmark.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "bot@devshelf.local"
           git add shelf/ site/ README.md
           if ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            git commit -m "chore(benchmark): update nightly latency metrics & performance warnings [skip ci]"
+            git commit -m "chore(benchmark): update nightly latency metrics & performance warnings"
             git push origin main || (
               BRANCH="telemetry/benchmark-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)"
               git checkout -b "$BRANCH"