diff --git a/funcs_utils.php b/funcs_utils.php
index 8d406ed..7ebbac3 100644
--- a/funcs_utils.php
+++ b/funcs_utils.php
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ function extra_repositories()
 {
     $importantRepos = [
         'silverstripe/markdown-php-codesniffer',
+        'silverstripe/silverstripe-standards',
+        'silverstripe/.github',
     ];
     $modules = [];
     // iterating to page 10 will be enough to get all the repos well into the future
diff --git a/labels_command.php b/labels_command.php
index 58847ba..fe616db 100644
--- a/labels_command.php
+++ b/labels_command.php
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@
     'type/api-change' => 'type/api-break',
 ];
 
+// Repos that should not have labels updated because of a lack of API permissions because they are on
+// non-silverstripe GitHub accounts, or because they are not applicable
+// note that akismet is different from silverstripe-akismet
+// installers is composer/installers
+const REPOS_EXCLUDE = [
+    'akismet',
+    'classproxy',
+    'installers',
+    'GridFiedBulkEditingTools',
+    'phockito',
+    'silverstripe-debugbar',
+    'silverstripe-elemental-subsites',
+    'silverstripe-fluent',
+    'silverstripe-phockito',
+    'silverstripe-proxy-db',
+    'sortablegridfield',
+];
+
 $labelsCommand = function(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
     // This is the code that is executed when running the 'labels' command
 
@@ -61,7 +79,7 @@
     foreach ([$modulesCurrentMajor, $modulesPreviousMajor] as $modulesList) {
         foreach ($modulesList as $module) {
             $repo = $module['repo'];
-            if (in_array($repo, $repos)) {
+            if (in_array($repo, $repos) || in_array($repo, REPOS_EXCLUDE)) {
                 continue;
             }
             $modules[] = $module;
@@ -93,17 +111,28 @@
             // https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/labels#update-a-label
             if (array_key_exists($name, LABELS_RENAME)) {
                 $newName = LABELS_RENAME[$name];
-                info("Updating label $name to $newName in $repo");
-                if ($input->getOption('dry-run')) {
-                    info('Not updating label on GitHub because --dry-run option is set');
-                } else {
-                    github_api($url, ['new_name' => $newName], 'PATCH');
+                // check if label already exists
+                $alreadyExists = false;
+                foreach ($labels as $label) {
+                    if ($newName === $label['name']) {
+                        $alreadyExists = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!$alreadyExists) {
+                    info("Updating label $name to $newName in $repo");
+                    if ($input->getOption('dry-run')) {
+                        info('Not updating label on GitHub because --dry-run option is set');
+                    } else {
+                        github_api($url, ['new_name' => $newName], 'PATCH');
+                    }
+                    $oldName = $name;
+                    $name = $newName;
+                    // Update $url replacing the $name at the end with $newName
+                    $url = substr($url, 0, strlen($url) - strlen($oldName)) . $newName;
+                    $labels[$key]['name'] = $newName;
+                    $labels[$key]['url'] = $url;
                 }
-                $name = $newName;
-                // Update $url replacing the $name at the end with $newName
-                $url = substr($url, 0, strlen($url) - strlen($name)) . $newName;
-                $labels[$key]['name'] = $newName;
-                $labels[$key]['url'] = $url;
             }
 
             // Delete label
diff --git a/run.php b/run.php
index df3dd80..726605a 100644
--- a/run.php
+++ b/run.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 $MODULE_DIR = '';
 $PRS_CREATED = [];
 $REPOS_WITH_PRS_CREATED = [];
+$REPOS_WITH_LABELS_UPDATED = [];
 $OUT = null;
 
 // options