diff --git a/ci.yml b/ci.yml
index e69de29bb2d1..8c9ddf32e0c4 100644
--- a/ci.yml
+++ b/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+deps:
+  - name: mongodb_exporter
+    branch: PMM-12510-correctly-recognize-arbiter-nodes
+