diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 8eb95f4147..de7ef871b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-# Workflow is triggered daily midnight UTC
-# A PR with more than 60 days of inactivity will be marked as stale
-# A PR that's stale for more than 7 days will be automatically closed
-# Issues are exempt from auto marking as stale but issues with manually added 'stale' label are eligible for auto closure after 7 days.
-# PRs with assignees are exempt from auto stale marking, it's the responsibility of the assignee to get the PR progressed either with review/merge or closure.
+# Workflow to manage automatically closing stale pull requests and issues.
+# See configuration for configuration.
 name: Manage stale Issues and PRs
 
 on:
@@ -21,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
       with:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        exempt-all-pr-assignees: true
-        stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because it has been open 60 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 7 days.'
         days-before-issue-stale: -1 # disables marking issues as stale automatically. Issues can still be marked as stale manually, in which the closure policy applies.
+        stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because it has been open 45 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 10 days.'
+        close-pr-message: 'This PR was closed because it has been stalled for 10 days with no activity.'
+        days-before-pr-stale: 45
+        days-before-pr-close: 10