diff --git a/.github/workflows/community_close_stale_issues.yml b/.github/workflows/community_close_stale_issues.yml
index faa42669d0206965ba99ab683fea7165ef351c8f..f1359b72a6afe6008472ec3d59d90091b6779a59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/community_close_stale_issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/community_close_stale_issues.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ jobs:
           ascending: true
           enable-statistics: true
           stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          exempt-issue-labels: "never stale"