diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac2ed4b7e..32eab6e9a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 /drush/Commands/contrib/
 /web/profiles/contrib/
 /web/libraries/
+/web/robots.txt
 
 # Ignore configuration files that may contain sensitive information.
 /web/sites/*/settings*.php
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a1a87eaf8..0586c86b6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         "drupal/redirect": "^1.8",
         "drupal/remove_http_headers": "^2.0",
         "drupal/rest_views": "^3.0",
+        "drupal/robotstxt": "^1.5",
         "drupal/s3fs": "^3.1",
         "drupal/samlauth": "^3.8",
         "drupal/simple_sitemap": "^4.1",
@@ -143,5 +144,13 @@
                 "      composer remove drupal/core-project-message"
             ]
         }
+    },
+    "scripts": {
+      "post-install-cmd": [
+        "test -e web/robots.txt && rm web/robots.txt || echo The default robots.txt file has been deleted."
+      ],
+      "post-update-cmd": [
+        "test -e web/robots.txt && rm web/robots.txt || echo The default robots.txt file has been deleted."
+      ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 873562206..66ed21159 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4280,6 +4280,63 @@
                 "issues": "https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/rest_views"
             }
         },
+        {
+            "name": "drupal/robotstxt",
+            "version": "1.5.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://git.drupalcode.org/project/robotstxt.git",
+                "reference": "8.x-1.5"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/robotstxt-8.x-1.5.zip",
+                "reference": "8.x-1.5",
+                "shasum": "08c2b8dcd7b7f7e3bf0f7b7b88f128603d3b11b1"
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "drupal/core": "^9.3 || ^10"
+            },
+            "type": "drupal-module",
+            "extra": {
+                "drupal": {
+                    "version": "8.x-1.5",
+                    "datestamp": "1671555186",
+                    "security-coverage": {
+                        "status": "covered",
+                        "message": "Covered by Drupal's security advisory policy"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packages.drupal.org/8/downloads",
+            "license": [
+                "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "hass",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/u/hass"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "See other contributors",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/node/53579/committers"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "mikeegoulding",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/2867877"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Todd Nienkerk",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/92096"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Generates the robots.txt file dynamically and gives you the chance to edit it, on a per-site basis, from the web UI.",
+            "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/project/robotstxt",
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://git.drupal.org/project/robotstxt.git",
+                "issues": "https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/robotstxt"
+            }
+        },
         {
             "name": "drupal/s3fs",
             "version": "3.5.0",
diff --git a/config/production/robotstxt.settings.yml b/config/production/robotstxt.settings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db0d5bb10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/production/robotstxt.settings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+_core:
+  default_config_hash: ceCx5XZ_ay1Mxcv-sB95U_fBKoVkpvo8RaQiwutSZLI
+content: "#\r\n# robots.txt\r\n#\r\n# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts\r\n# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!\r\n# and Google. By telling these \"robots\" where not to go on your site,\r\n# you save bandwidth and server resources.\r\n#\r\n# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:\r\n# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt\r\n# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt\r\n#\r\n# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:\r\n# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html\r\n\r\nUser-agent: *\r\nCrawl-delay: 10\r\n\r\n# Sitemaps\r\nSitemap: https://vote.gov/sitemap.xml\r\n\r\n# CSS, JS, Images\r\nAllow: /*.css$\r\nAllow: /*.js$\r\nAllow: /core/*.css$\r\nAllow: /core/*.css?\r\nAllow: /core/*.js$\r\nAllow: /modules/*.css$\r\nAllow: /modules/*.css?\r\nAllow: /modules/*.js$\r\nAllow: /modules/*.js?\r\nAllow: /modules/*.gif\r\nAllow: /modules/*.jpg\r\nAllow: /modules/*.jpeg\r\nAllow: /modules/*.png\r\nAllow: /themes/*.css$\r\nAllow: /themes/*.css?\r\nAllow: /themes/*.js$\r\nAllow: /themes/*.js?\r\nAllow: /themes/*.gif\r\nAllow: /themes/*.jpg\r\nAllow: /themes/*.jpeg\r\nAllow: /themes/*.png\r\n# Directories\r\nDisallow: /core/\r\nDisallow: /modules/\r\nDisallow: /themes/\r\n"
diff --git a/config/sync/config_split.config_split.production.yml b/config/sync/config_split.config_split.production.yml
index faa7fe327..cfe8510cd 100644
--- a/config/sync/config_split.config_split.production.yml
+++ b/config/sync/config_split.config_split.production.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ theme: {  }
 complete_list:
   - log_stdout.settings
   - new_relic_rpm.settings
+  - robotstxt.settings
   - s3fs.settings
   - samlauth.authentication
   - usagov_login.settings
diff --git a/config/sync/core.extension.yml b/config/sync/core.extension.yml
index e3c2f126e..4c75a305c 100644
--- a/config/sync/core.extension.yml
+++ b/config/sync/core.extension.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ module:
   remove_http_headers: 0
   rest: 0
   rest_views: 0
+  robotstxt: 0
   serialization: 0
   simple_sitemap: 0
   system: 0
diff --git a/config/sync/robotstxt.settings.yml b/config/sync/robotstxt.settings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff9526806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/robotstxt.settings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+content: "#\r\n# robots.txt\r\n#\r\n# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts\r\n# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!\r\n# and Google. By telling these \"robots\" where not to go on your site,\r\n# you save bandwidth and server resources.\r\n#\r\n# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:\r\n# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt\r\n# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt\r\n#\r\n# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:\r\n# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html\r\n\r\nUser-agent: *\r\nDisallow: /\r\n"
diff --git a/config/sync/user.role.site_builder.yml b/config/sync/user.role.site_builder.yml
index cc96ca45c..d426749b6 100644
--- a/config/sync/user.role.site_builder.yml
+++ b/config/sync/user.role.site_builder.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ dependencies:
     - redirect
     - remove_http_headers
     - rest
+    - robotstxt
     - simple_sitemap
     - system
     - taxonomy
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ permissions:
   - 'administer redirect settings'
   - 'administer redirects'
   - 'administer rest resources'
+  - 'administer robots.txt'
   - 'administer site configuration'
   - 'administer sitemap settings'
   - 'administer software updates'
diff --git a/web/robots.txt b/web/robots.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 22e58aafe..000000000
--- a/web/robots.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# robots.txt
-#
-# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
-# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
-# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
-# you save bandwidth and server resources.
-#
-# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
-# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
-# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
-#
-# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
-# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html
-
-User-agent: usasearch
-Allow: /
-
-User-agent: *
-Disallow: /