diff --git a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
index 235a4b2dbb4a..ea4f34bcbe11 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         "admin",
         "write"
       ],
+      "allowed_list": ["elastic-renovate-prod[bot]"],
       "set_commit_status": false,
       "build_on_commit": true,
       "build_on_comment": true,