diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeowners-docs-engineering.yml b/.github/workflows/codeowners-docs-engineering.yml
index 127f2392ab..22344e3abd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeowners-docs-engineering.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeowners-docs-engineering.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   codeowners-docs-engineering:
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' && !github.event.pull_request.draft }}
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' && !github.event.pull_request.draft && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'engineering') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_WRITEORG_PROJECT }}