diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
index a72d4408478a..e33a1108afef 100644
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@
         labels: ['release_note:skip', 'v7.14.0', 'Team:Operations', 'Team:Core', 'backport:skip'],
         enabled: true,
       },
+      {
+        groupName: '@elastic/elasticsearch',
+        packageNames: ['@elastic/elasticsearch'],
+        reviewers: ['team:kibana-operations'],
+        matchBaseBranches: ['7.13'],
+        labels: ['release_note:skip', 'v7.13.0', 'Team:Operations', 'backport:skip'],
+        enabled: true,
+      },
       {
         groupName: 'vega related modules',
         packageNames: ['vega', 'vega-lite', 'vega-schema-url-parser', 'vega-tooltip'],