diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf b/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf
index af88ea970..0040ad46b 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/resources/default.scala-steward.conf
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ updates.ignore = [
   // sbt 1.9.5 is broken, see https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/tag/v1.9.5 for details
   { groupId = "org.scala-sbt", artifactId = "sbt", version = { exact = "1.9.5" } },
 
+  // sbt 1.10.8 is dead on arrival, see https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/tag/v1.10.8 for details
+  { groupId = "org.scala-sbt", artifactId = "sbt", version = { exact = "1.10.8" } },
+
   // The following libraries were published with sbt 1.9.5 and should therefore not be released into the wild:
   { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "sbt-play-ebean", version = { exact = "7.0.0-RC1" } },
   { groupId = "com.typesafe.play", artifactId = "play-ebean", version = { exact = "7.0.0-RC1" } },
@@ -328,5 +331,13 @@ updates.retracted = [
       { groupId = "org.scala-lang", artifactId = "scala3-tasty-inspector",               version = { exact = "3.6.0" } },
       { groupId = "org.scala-lang", artifactId = "scaladoc",                             version = { exact = "3.6.0" } },
     ]
+  },
+  {
+    reason = "sbt 1.10.8 is dead on arrival, please use 1.10.9 when it comes out.",
+    doc = "https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/tag/v1.10.8",
+    artifacts = [
+      { groupId = "org.scala-sbt", artifactId = "sbt",             version = { exact = "1.10.8" } },
+      { groupId = "org.scala-sbt", artifactId = "scripted-plugin", version = { exact = "1.10.8" } },
+    ]
   }
 ]