diff --git a/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml
index 93d35d9..46fef9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lock-prs.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ jobs:
 
           for num in $cmd; do
             if [ "$(gh api repos/$REPO/issues/$num --jq '.active_lock_reason'| wc -c)" -le 1 ]; then
-              echo "Locking pull request $num"
-              gh pr lock --repo "$REPO" --reason "resolved" "$num"
+              if ! gh pr view --repo "$REPO" --json labels -q '.labels[].name' $num|grep -qE "^Stale$"
+                echo "Locking pull request $num"
+                gh pr lock --repo "$REPO" --reason "resolved" "$num"
+              fi
             fi
           done
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index e12973d..71c934b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/stale@v9
       with:
         repo-token:  ${{ secrets.FLATHUBBOT_TOKEN }}
-        stale-pr-message: "This PR hasn't received any updates in a year and will be automatically closed in 30 days. If you still plan to work on this please comment saying so."
+        stale-pr-message: "This PR hasn't received any updates in a year and will be automatically closed in 30 days. If you still plan to work on this please comment or re-open the PR."
         days-before-stale: -1
         days-before-close: -1
         days-before-pr-stale: 365