diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index a8990660..e3a2d81e 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ updates.ignore = [
 updates.pin = [
   # Pin logback to v1.3.x because v1.4.x needs JDK11
   { groupId = "ch.qos.logback", version="1.3." }
+  # Pin hibernate to v5.x because v6.x needs JDK11
+  { groupId = "org.hibernate" version="5." }
   # use mssql-jdbc Java 8 artifacts
   { groupId = "com.microsoft.sqlserver", version = { contains = "jre8" } }