diff --git a/.github/stale.yml b/.github/stale.yml
index 3a5a354b..e20c0923 100644
--- a/.github/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/stale.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
-# This configuration closes stale PRs after 28 + 7 days.
-# That's 4 weeks until stale bot complains, and a week until it closes a PR.
+# This configuration closes stale PRs after 56 + 7 days.
+# That's 8 weeks until stale bot complains, and a week until it closes a PR.
 # Issues in ALE are never, ever stale. They are either resolved or not.
 only: pulls
-daysUntilStale: 28
+daysUntilStale: 56
 daysUntilClose: 7
 exemptLabels: []
 staleLabel: stale