diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 994e8939788480e9ad1856070bfa1f20a5a15a88..73f970bf83e449f153a2834cc0a7120654c42f26 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"area: ci":
+  - "/^ci: /i"
 "area: diff":
   - "/diff/i"
 "area: images":