diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 0dc249f52dcc11efa444bc571256e3e697abfd9f..9e9e96912bbb91b473cf0d2d593cd76f7f6f4426 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -19,17 +19,9 @@
       }
     }
   ],
+  "automerge": true,
+  "gitLabAutomerge": true,
   "regexManagers": [
-    {
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^Dockerfile$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "version=\"(?<currentValue>.*?)\""
-      ],
-      "depNameTemplate": "istio/istioctl",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
-    },
     {
       "fileMatch": [
         "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
@@ -51,4 +43,4 @@
       "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}