diff --git a/.github/workflows/pending-reviews.yaml b/.github/workflows/pending-reviews.yaml
index 6987f033c7..e9ccab3dd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pending-reviews.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pending-reviews.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 name: Pending reviews automation
 on:
+    # The bot exceeded its API rate limit. Disabling for now (adding workflow dispatch so the workflow file stays valid & we can test to see if it starts working again)
+    workflow_dispatch: {}
     # We run it on a schedule instead of on pull_request_* events to not create confusing messaging in the PR
-    schedule:
-        - cron: "*/10 * * * *"
+    #schedule:
+    #    - cron: "*/10 * * * *"
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}
 jobs:
     bot: