diff --git a/.github/workflows/scala-steward.yml b/.github/workflows/scala-steward.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecb84ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scala-steward.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 0'
+
+name: Launch Scala Steward
+
+jobs:
+  scala-steward:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    name: Launch Scala Steward
+    if: github.repository == 'apache/pekko-grpc'
+    steps:
+      - name: Launch Scala Steward
+        uses: scala-steward-org/scala-steward-action@v2
+        env:
+          JAVA_OPTS: "-XX:+UseG1GC -Xms4G -Xmx4G"
+        with:
+          github-app-id: ${{ secrets.SCALA_STEWARD_APP_ID }}
+          github-app-installation-id: ${{ secrets.SCALA_STEWARD_INSTALLATION_ID }}
+          github-app-key: ${{ secrets.SCALA_STEWARD_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          github-app-auth-only: true
+
diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index ac6dfdd5..e37688bc 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -1,20 +1,4 @@
 updates.ignore = [
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe", artifactId = "ssl-config-core" },
-
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-actor" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-actor-typed" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-discovery" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-slf4j" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-stream" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-stream-testkit" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-testkit" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-multi-node-testkit" },
-
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-http" },
-  { groupId = "com.typesafe.akka", artifactId = "akka-http-core" },
-
-  # https://github.com/akka/akka-grpc/issues/1631
-  { groupId = "com.google.protobuf", artifactId = "protobuf-java" }
 ]
 
 updates.pin = [
@@ -22,11 +6,15 @@ updates.pin = [
   # https://github.com/akka/akka-grpc/issues/1506
   { groupId = "org.eclipse.jgit", artifactId = "org.eclipse.jgit", version = "5." },
 
-  # https://github.com/akka/akka-grpc/issues/1661
-  { groupId = "org.slf4j", artifactId = "slf4j-api", version = "1." }
-  # logback 1.3 and 1.4 would bump sfl4j to 2.0.0
-  # http://mailman.qos.ch/pipermail/announce/2022/000177.html
-  { groupId = "ch.qos.logback", artifactId = "logback-classic", version = "1.2." }
+  # Pin logback to v1.3.x because v1.4.x needs JDK11
+  { groupId = "ch.qos.logback", version="1.3." }
+
+  # Pin sbt-paradox to v0.9.x because 0.10.x needs JDK 11
+  { groupId = "com.lightbend.paradox", artifactId = "sbt-paradox-project-info", version = "0.9." },
+  { groupId = "com.lightbend.paradox", artifactId = "sbt-paradox", version = "0.9." }
+
   # Scala 3.3 is a LTS
   { groupId = "org.scala-lang", artifactId = "scala3-library", version = "3.3." }
 ]
+
+updatePullRequests = "always"