diff --git a/scripts/ci/pr-bot/processNewPrs.ts b/scripts/ci/pr-bot/processNewPrs.ts
index 776ae8aa83a9..dd20d4a98c2b 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/pr-bot/processNewPrs.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/pr-bot/processNewPrs.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,26 @@ async function processPull(
   reviewerConfig: typeof ReviewerConfig,
   stateClient: typeof PersistentState
 ) {
+  if (pull.user.login === "dependabot[bot]") {
+    const files = await github.getPrFiles(pull.number);
+    const touchesContainer = files.some((file: string) =>
+      file.startsWith("sdks/python/container/")
+    );
+    if (touchesContainer) {
+      console.log(
+        `Closing PR ${pull.number} because it is a dependabot PR touching container/`
+      );
+      await github.addPrComment(
+        pull.number,
+        "Closing this PR because dependabot updates for container/** are not allowed due to generated files " +
+        "and excluded_paths is disabled due to dependabot/dependabot-core#14408. " +
+        "Once issue is resolved, please remove this step."
+      );
+      await github.closePr(pull.number);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   let prState = await stateClient.getPrState(pull.number);
   if (!needsProcessed(pull, prState)) {
     return;
diff --git a/scripts/ci/pr-bot/shared/githubUtils.ts b/scripts/ci/pr-bot/shared/githubUtils.ts
index 667255b16924..0d287bd09379 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/pr-bot/shared/githubUtils.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/pr-bot/shared/githubUtils.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,27 @@ export async function nextActionAuthor(
   });
 }
 
+export async function closePr(pullNumber: number) {
+  await getGitHubClient().rest.pulls.update({
+    owner: REPO_OWNER,
+    repo: REPO,
+    pull_number: pullNumber,
+    state: "closed",
+  });
+}
+
+export async function getPrFiles(pullNumber: number): Promise<string[]> {
+  const files = await getGitHubClient().paginate(
+    getGitHubClient().rest.pulls.listFiles,
+    {
+      owner: REPO_OWNER,
+      repo: REPO,
+      pull_number: pullNumber,
+    }
+  );
+  return files.map((file: any) => file.filename);
+}
+
 export async function checkIfCommitter(username: string): Promise<boolean> {
   const permissionLevel = (
     await getGitHubClient().rest.repos.getCollaboratorPermissionLevel({