diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline-bump-cpp-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/pipeline-bump-cpp-deps.yml
index c6eadc6..f681939 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline-bump-cpp-deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline-bump-cpp-deps.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ -n "$(gh pr list --head "$branch" --base "$BASE" --state open --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')" ]; then
             echo "Updated the existing pull request."
           else
-            gh pr create --base "$BASE" --head "$branch" \
+            gh pr create --base "$BASE" --head "$branch" --draft \
               --title "Bump CMake and Meson dependencies" \
               --body 'Automated bump of the CMake FetchContent registries and the Meson wraps (tools/bump_cmake_meson_deps.py). The Renovate pipeline handles everything else.'
           fi
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 1618cda..ee94402 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "separateMajorMinor": false,
   "prHourlyLimit": 0,
   "branchPrefix": "auto/bump-renovate-",
+  "draftPR": true,
   "packageRules": [
     {
       "description": "One weekly PR on auto/bump-renovate-deps.",