diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
index 35659181..9e5e9ecf 100644
--- a/.github/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/stale.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ exemptLabels:
   - priority/p0
   - priority/p1
   - priority/p2
+  - backlog
 
 # Set to true to ignore issues in a project (defaults to false)
 exemptProjects: false