diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
index e263bf06da..dad4e878b3 100644
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "extends": [
     "config:recommended",
     "helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests",
-    "customManagers:githubActionsVersions",
     "schedule:weekly", // dependency update PR on monday, vulnerabilityAlerts bypasses this
   ],
   "configMigration": true,
@@ -19,6 +18,13 @@
     "semanticCommitType": "fix", // overrides packageRules
   },
   "customManagers": [
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "managerFilePatterns": ["/(^|/)\\.(gitea|github)/(workflows|actions)/.+\\.ya?ml$/"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "[A-Za-z0-9_]+_VERSION[ \\t]*:[ \\t]*[\"']?(?<currentValue>[^\\s\"']+)[\"']?[ \\t]*# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+?) depName=(?<depName>[^\\s]+?)(?: (?:lookupName|packageName)=(?<packageName>[^\\s]+?))?(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[^\\s]+?))?(?: extractVersion=(?<extractVersion>[^\\s]+?))?(?: registryUrl=(?<registryUrl>[^\\s]+?))?(?=\\s|$)",
+      ],
+    },
     {
       "customType": "regex",
       "managerFilePatterns": ["/(^|/)Makefile$/"],