diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9a2b8712..ecfb7b08 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ stages:
   - ".pre"
   - "scan"
   - "automr"
+  - "renovate"
   - "lint"
   - "env-cleanup"
   - "env"
@@ -131,6 +132,12 @@ variables:
     options:
       - "yes"
       - "no"
+  RUN_RENOVATE:
+    description: "Triggers the Renovate based check for dependency updates."
+    value: "no"
+    options:
+      - "yes"
+      - "no"
   RUN_TESTS:
     description: "Triggers execution of E2E-tests."
     value: "yes"
@@ -536,6 +543,19 @@ reuse-linter:
       when: "never"
     - when: "always"
 
+renovate:
+  rules:
+    - if: $RUN_RENOVATE == "yes"
+      when: "on_success"
+  image: "ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:37.59.7@sha256:a0dd48947ca03d9088ff7bfdcf689a5cc3c1eb9522d5ff87d14636b5ad60a3dc"
+  variables:
+    RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.renovate/config.yaml"
+    RENOVATE_ENDPOINT: "${CI_API_V4_URL}"
+    RENOVATE_LOG_FILE_LEVEL: "debug"
+  script:
+    - "renovate ${RENOVATE_EXTRA_FLAGS}"
+  stage: "renovate"
+
 generate-release-version:
   rules:
     - if: >
diff --git a/.renovate/config.yaml b/.renovate/config.yaml
index 0ad0abf8..262d0bcc 100644
--- a/.renovate/config.yaml
+++ b/.renovate/config.yaml
@@ -28,24 +28,23 @@ repositories:
     # Include package files only within these defined paths
     includePaths:
       - "helmfile/environments/default/images.yaml"
-      - "helmfile/apps/**"
+      - "helmfile/environments/default/charts.yaml"
     customManagers:
       - customType: "regex"
         fileMatch:
           - "helmfile/environments/default/images.yaml"
         datasourceTemplate: "docker"
         matchStrings:
-          # yamllint disable rule:quoted-strings
-          - '#\srenovate:\s[\s\S]*?registryUrl\=(?<registryUrl>.*?)\s[\s\S]*?dependencyType\=(?<depType>.*?)\s[\s\S]*?repository:\s\"(?<depName>.*?)\"\s[\s\S]*?tag:\s\"(?<currentValue>.*?)(?:(?:@|\\\s*@)(?<currentDigest>sha256:[a-f0-9]+)|\")'
-          # yamllint enable rule:quoted-strings
+          - >
+            # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+            providerCategory: ["|']?(?<providerCategory>.+?)["|']?\n(?:.|\n|\r)+ registry: ["|']?(?<registryUrl>.+?)["|']?\n(?:.|\n|\r)+ repository: ["|']?(?<depName>.+?)["|']?\n(?:.|\n|\r)+ tag: ["|']?(?<currentValue>[^@]+)@(?<currentDigest>sha256:[a-f0-9]+)["|']
       - customType: "regex"
         fileMatch:
-          - "^helmfile\/apps"
           - "helmfile/environments/default/charts.yaml"
         matchStrings:
-          # yamllint disable rule:quoted-strings
-          - '\#\srenovate:\s[\s\S]*?registryUrl\=(?<registryUrl>.*?)\s[\s\S]*?packageName\=(?<packageName>.*?)\s[\s\S]*?dataSource\=(?<datasource>.*?)\s[\s\S]*?dependencyType\=(?<depType>.*?)\s[\s\S]*?name:\s\"(?<depName>.*?)\"\s[\s\S]*?version\:\s\"(?<currentValue>.*?)\"'
-          # yamllint enable rule:quoted-strings
+          - >
+            # yamllint disable rule:quoted-strings
+            providerCategory: ["|']?(?<providerCategory>.+?)["|']?\n(?:.|\n|\r)+ registry: ["|']?(?<registryUrl>.+?)["|']?\n(?:.|\n|\r)+ repository: ["|']?(?<depName>.+?)["|']?\n(?:.|\n|\r)+ name: ["|']?(?<FIGURE_THAT_OUT>.+?)["|']?\n(?:.|\n|\r)+ version: ["|']?(?<currentValue>.+?)["|']?
     # Rules for matching packages
     packageRules:
       - matchDatasources: "docker"