diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
index debee34adad..8412b47ab74 100644
--- a/.github/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/stale.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Number of days of inactivity before an Issue or Pull Request becomes stale
 daysUntilStale: 60
 # Number of days of inactivity before a stale Issue or Pull Request is closed
-# daysUntilClose: 7
+# 2**32-1 until https://github.com/probot/stale/issues/79 is fixed
+daysUntilClose: 4294967295
 # Issues or Pull Requests with these labels will never be considered stale. Set to `[]` to disable
 exemptLabels:
   - "status: needs review"