diff --git a/triagebot.toml b/triagebot.toml
index a910e012b734..f0cd35399752 100644
--- a/triagebot.toml
+++ b/triagebot.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ allow-unauthenticated = [
 
 [autolabel."S-waiting-on-review"]
 new_pr = true
+
+[no-merges]
+exclude_labels = ["sync"]
+labels = ["has-merge-commits", "S-waiting-on-author"]