diff --git a/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py b/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py
index 56a70fcd1..b5fa09c99 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/danswerbot/slack/listener.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ from shared_configs.configs import MODEL_SERVER_PORT
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
-
 # In rare cases, some users have been experiencing a massive amount of trivial messages coming through
 # to the Slack Bot with trivial messages. Adding this to avoid exploding LLM costs while we track down
 # the cause.
@@ -70,6 +69,9 @@ _SLACK_GREETINGS_TO_IGNORE = {
     ":wave:",
 }
 
+# this is always (currently) the user id of Slack's official slackbot
+_OFFICIAL_SLACKBOT_USER_ID = "USLACKBOT"
+
 
 def prefilter_requests(req: SocketModeRequest, client: SocketModeClient) -> bool:
     """True to keep going, False to ignore this Slack request"""
@@ -92,6 +94,15 @@ def prefilter_requests(req: SocketModeRequest, client: SocketModeClient) -> bool
             channel_specific_logger.error("Cannot respond to empty message - skipping")
             return False
 
+        if (
+            req.payload.setdefault("event", {}).get("user", "")
+            == _OFFICIAL_SLACKBOT_USER_ID
+        ):
+            channel_specific_logger.info(
+                "Ignoring messages from Slack's official Slackbot"
+            )
+            return False
+
         if (
             msg in _SLACK_GREETINGS_TO_IGNORE
             or remove_danswer_bot_tag(msg, client=client.web_client)