diff --git a/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml b/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml
index 942fcd77c81791..1c457a6e0f3bc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/find-inactive-collaborators.yml
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ jobs:
           branch: actions/inactive-collaborators
           body: This PR was generated by tools/find-inactive-collaborators.yml.
           commit-message: "meta: move one or more collaborators to emeritus"
-          labels: meta
+          labels: meta, blocked
           title: "meta: move one or more collaborators to emeritus"