diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 95743e9ac..7b3cd0bad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ jobs:
         stale-pr-message: 'This pull request has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.'
         stale-issue-label: 'no-issue-activity'
         stale-pr-label: 'no-pr-activity'
-        exempt-issue-labels: 'bug'
+        exempt-issue-labels: 'bug,high-priority'
         operations-per-run: 100