diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 821fe15f..bb820455 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         days-before-pr-close: 7  # default number
         stale-issue-label: 'stale'
         stale-pr-label: 'stale'
-        exempt-issue-labels: 'no-stale'
+        exempt-issue-labels: 'no-stale,good-first-issue,contribution-welcome'
         exempt-pr-labels: 'no-stale'
         operations-per-run: 1000