diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 4f9e135a0a7..13a38af591e 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ pull_request_rules:
           To fixup this pull request, you need to add the backport labels for the needed
           branches, such as:
           * `backport-v8./d.0` is the label to automatically backport to the `8./d` branch. `/d` is the digit
+
+          **NOTE**: `backport-v8.x` has been added to help with the transition to the new branch 8.x.
+      label:
+        add:
+          - backport-v8.x
   - name: notify the backport has not been merged yet
     conditions:
       - -merged