diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml b/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml
index b8d3600ee4..a2f5d7831f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         # threshold of "upvotes", you can set this here. An "upvote" is
         # the total number of +1, heart, hooray, and rocket reactions
         # on an issue.
-        minimum-upvotes-to-exempt: 1
+        minimum-upvotes-to-exempt: 2
 
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         loglevel: DEBUG