diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.spec.ts b/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.spec.ts
index ee59b73ca19363..676df2e47ef18f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.spec.ts
@@ -2320,6 +2320,84 @@ describe('modules/platform/gitlab/index', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('does not try to remove "report_approver" and "code_owner" approval rules', async () => {
+      await initPlatform('13.3.6-ee');
+      httpMock
+        .scope(gitlabApiHost)
+        .post('/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests')
+        .reply(200, {
+          id: 1,
+          iid: 12345,
+          title: 'some title',
+        })
+        .get('/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests/12345')
+        .reply(200)
+        .get('/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests/12345')
+        .reply(200, {
+          merge_status: 'can_be_merged',
+          pipeline: {
+            id: 29626725,
+            sha: '2be7ddb704c7b6b83732fdd5b9f09d5a397b5f8f',
+            ref: 'patch-28',
+            status: 'success',
+          },
+        })
+        .put('/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests/12345/merge')
+        .reply(200)
+        .get('/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests/12345/approval_rules')
+        .reply(200, [
+          {
+            name: 'RegularApproverRule',
+            rule_type: 'regular',
+            id: 50006,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'AnotherRegularApproverRule',
+            rule_type: 'regular',
+            id: 50007,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'Coverage-Check',
+            rule_type: 'report_approver',
+            id: 50008,
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'path/to/folder',
+            rule_type: 'code_owner',
+            id: 50009,
+          },
+        ])
+        .delete(
+          '/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests/12345/approval_rules/50006',
+        )
+        .reply(200)
+        .delete(
+          '/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests/12345/approval_rules/50007',
+        )
+        .reply(200)
+        .post('/api/v4/projects/undefined/merge_requests/12345/approval_rules')
+        .reply(200);
+      expect(
+        await gitlab.createPr({
+          sourceBranch: 'some-branch',
+          targetBranch: 'master',
+          prTitle: 'some-title',
+          prBody: 'the-body',
+          labels: [],
+          platformOptions: {
+            usePlatformAutomerge: true,
+            gitLabIgnoreApprovals: true,
+          },
+        }),
+      ).toStrictEqual({
+        id: 1,
+        iid: 12345,
+        number: 12345,
+        sourceBranch: 'some-branch',
+        title: 'some title',
+      });
+    });
+
     it('does not try to create already existing approval rule', async () => {
       await initPlatform('13.3.6-ee');
       httpMock
diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.ts b/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.ts
index 50d61078ee5b5e..a84b83868c0cf7 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/gitlab/index.ts
@@ -608,7 +608,10 @@ async function ignoreApprovals(pr: number): Promise<void> {
     );
     const existingRegularApproverRules = rules?.filter(
       ({ rule_type, name }) =>
-        rule_type !== 'any_approver' && name !== ruleName,
+        rule_type !== 'any_approver' &&
+        name !== ruleName &&
+        rule_type !== 'report_approver' &&
+        rule_type !== 'code_owner',
     );
 
     if (existingRegularApproverRules?.length) {