diff --git a/scripts/stale.py b/scripts/stale.py
index 056fbb46994..88d7efbd3b2 100644
--- a/scripts/stale.py
+++ b/scripts/stale.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from github import Github
 LABELS_TO_EXEMPT = [
     "good first issue",
     "good second issue",
+    "good difficult issue",
     "feature request",
     "new model",
     "wip",