diff --git a/lib/platform/gitea/__snapshots__/gitea-helper.spec.ts.snap b/lib/platform/gitea/__snapshots__/gitea-helper.spec.ts.snap
index ed53fce4ec7fc5f6d86682fc7f5948edbe78f3cd..355712ff2d91fd00e87841b03fcba4c22cca17ee 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitea/__snapshots__/gitea-helper.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/platform/gitea/__snapshots__/gitea-helper.spec.ts.snap
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ Array [
       "user-agent": "https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate",
     },
     "method": "GET",
-    "url": "https://gitea.renovatebot.com/api/v1/repos/some/repo/issues?",
+    "url": "https://gitea.renovatebot.com/api/v1/repos/some/repo/issues?type=issues",
   },
 ]
 `;
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ Array [
       "user-agent": "https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate",
     },
     "method": "GET",
-    "url": "https://gitea.renovatebot.com/api/v1/repos/some/repo/issues?state=open",
+    "url": "https://gitea.renovatebot.com/api/v1/repos/some/repo/issues?state=open&type=issues",
   },
 ]
 `;
diff --git a/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.spec.ts b/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.spec.ts
index 5115c9ebb85eb7f31c38b520fc2947065b2eba9e..2117b298377355ffa358a99c5b1639dcd08f556b 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.spec.ts
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ describe('platform/gitea/gitea-helper', () => {
     it('should call /api/v1/repos/[repo]/issues endpoint', async () => {
       httpMock
         .scope(baseUrl)
-        .get(`/repos/${mockRepo.full_name}/issues`)
+        .get(`/repos/${mockRepo.full_name}/issues?type=issues`)
         .reply(200, [mockIssue]);
 
       const res = await ght.searchIssues(mockRepo.full_name, {});
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ describe('platform/gitea/gitea-helper', () => {
     it('should construct proper query parameters', async () => {
       httpMock
         .scope(baseUrl)
-        .get(`/repos/${mockRepo.full_name}/issues?state=open`)
+        .get(`/repos/${mockRepo.full_name}/issues?state=open&type=issues`)
         .reply(200, [mockIssue]);
 
       const res = await ght.searchIssues(mockRepo.full_name, {
diff --git a/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.ts b/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.ts
index 60ba5f35d38a744e12bf124ee5906b5a601f97d1..120220940d5306b650714892a8bfd8070a4eb891 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.ts
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export async function searchIssues(
   params: IssueSearchParams,
   options?: GiteaHttpOptions
 ): Promise<Issue[]> {
-  const query = queryParams(params).toString();
+  const query = queryParams({ ...params, type: 'issues' }).toString();
   const url = `repos/${repoPath}/issues?${query}`;
   const res = await giteaHttp.getJson<Issue[]>(url, {
     ...options,
diff --git a/lib/platform/gitea/index.ts b/lib/platform/gitea/index.ts
index 5a394fbbf34b8bef11baccaf125b12a89df79d88..9552a8e3fe6cc42571d806a3776d30e1f52a78e6 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitea/index.ts
+++ b/lib/platform/gitea/index.ts
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ const platform: Platform = {
   getPrList(): Promise<Pr[]> {
     if (config.prList === null) {
       config.prList = helper
-        .searchPRs(config.repository, {}, { useCache: false })
+        .searchPRs(config.repository, { state: 'all' }, { useCache: false })
         .then((prs) => {
           const prList = prs.map(toRenovatePR).filter(Boolean);
           logger.debug(`Retrieved ${prList.length} Pull Requests`);
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ const platform: Platform = {
   getIssueList(): Promise<Issue[]> {
     if (config.issueList === null) {
       config.issueList = helper
-        .searchIssues(config.repository, {}, { useCache: false })
+        .searchIssues(config.repository, { state: 'all' }, { useCache: false })
         .then((issues) => {
           const issueList = issues.map(toRenovateIssue);
           logger.debug(`Retrieved ${issueList.length} Issues`);