diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
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-name: Stale check
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-jobs:
-  stale:
-    # only run in prometheus/blackbox_exporter, and don't run this workflow in forks.
-    if: github.repository == 'prometheus/blackbox_exporter'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v6.0.1
-        with:
-          close-issue-reason: not_planned
-          operations-per-run: 100
-          days-before-stale: 90
-          days-before-close: 30
-          stale-issue-message: >
-            This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has
-            not had any activity in the past 90 days.
-
-            The next time this stale check runs, the stale label will be
-            removed if there is new activity. The issue will be closed after 30
-            days if there is no new activity.
-
-            Please apply keepalive label to exempt this Issue.
-          stale-pr-message: >
-            This PR has been automatically marked as stale because it has not
-            had any activity in the past 90 days.
-
-            The next time this stale check runs, the stale label will be
-            removed if there is new activity. This pull request will be closed in 30
-            days if there is no new activity.
-
-            Please apply keepalive label to exempt this Pull Request.
-          stale-issue-label: stale
-          stale-pr-label: stale
-          exempt-issue-labels: keepalive,dependencies,bug
-          exempt-pr-labels: keepalive,dependencies,bug
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
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+name: Stale Check
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '16 22 * * *'
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'prometheus' || github.repository_owner == 'prometheus-community' # Don't run this workflow on forks.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # opt out of defaults to avoid marking issues as stale and closing them
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#days-before-close
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#days-before-stale
+          days-before-stale: -1
+          days-before-close: -1
+          # Setting it to empty string to skip comments.
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#stale-pr-message
+          # https://github.com/actions/stale#stale-issue-message
+          stale-pr-message: ''
+          stale-issue-message: ''
+          operations-per-run: 30
+          # override days-before-stale, for only marking the pull requests as stale
+          days-before-pr-stale: 60
+          stale-pr-label: stale
+          exempt-pr-labels: keepalive
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