diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d82bd615dc..524fe6c9d0 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ updates:
         update-types:
           - "minor"
           - "patch"
+    # scripts/release_control/action_consumer_manifests.json pins each
+    # release-consumed action to an exact SHA plus the upstream action.yml
+    # sha256, and release_promotion_policy_test.py requires every workflow step
+    # to match that manifest. Refreshing a pin needs the upstream action bytes
+    # through the reviewed pin-refresh route, so keep these actions as explicit
+    # work rather than opening proposals the manifest contract cannot accept.
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "actions/attest"
+      - dependency-name: "azure/setup-helm"
+      - dependency-name: "docker/build-push-action"
+      - dependency-name: "docker/login-action"
+      - dependency-name: "docker/setup-buildx-action"
+      - dependency-name: "docker/setup-qemu-action"
+      - dependency-name: "signpath/github-action-submit-signing-request"
+      - dependency-name: "tailscale/github-action"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     directories:
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_dependabot_config.py b/scripts/tests/test_dependabot_config.py
index 2052a3af9b..8aba5d798d 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_dependabot_config.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_dependabot_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Guard the low-noise dependency update policy and its covered manifests."""
 
+import json
 from pathlib import Path
 import unittest
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import yaml
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
 CONFIG = ROOT / ".github" / "dependabot.yml"
 SECURITY_SCAN = ROOT / ".github" / "workflows" / "security-scan.yml"
+ACTION_MANIFESTS = ROOT / "scripts" / "release_control" / "action_consumer_manifests.json"
 
 
 def manifest_directories(filename: str) -> list[str]:
@@ -159,6 +161,20 @@ class DependabotConfigTest(unittest.TestCase):
             {"version-update:semver-major"},
         )
 
+    def test_github_actions_updates_preserve_reviewed_action_pins(self) -> None:
+        # action_consumer_manifests.json pins each release-consumed action to an
+        # exact SHA plus the upstream action.yml sha256, and
+        # release_promotion_policy_test.py requires every workflow step to match
+        # it. Refreshing a pin needs the upstream bytes through the reviewed
+        # pin-refresh route, so Dependabot must not propose version updates the
+        # manifest contract would reject.
+        manifests = json.loads(ACTION_MANIFESTS.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        ignored = {
+            item["dependency-name"]
+            for item in self.updates["github-actions"]["ignore"]
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(ignored, set(manifests))
+
     def test_weekly_scan_covers_the_same_lockfiles(self) -> None:
         workflow = yaml.safe_load(SECURITY_SCAN.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
         jobs = workflow["jobs"]