diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 6dab0df25..2489bbfb6 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    ## group all dependencies with a k8s.io prefix into a single PR.
+    groups:
+      kubernetes:
+        patterns: [ "k8s.io/*" ]
     commit-message:
       prefix: ":seedling:"
     labels: