diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 97a8c4a4171eca62f5bc623177d1880d2baee35b..0d4816239ee36a355b16d61c1b443dd1c767aece 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
   "baseBranches": [
     "development"
   ],
+  "automerge": true,
+  "gitLabAutomerge": true,
   "packageRules": [
     {
       "datasources": [
-        "github-releases"
+        "github-tags"
       ],
       "packageNames": [
         "kubernetes/kubernetes"
@@ -20,35 +22,16 @@
     }
   ],
   "regexManagers": [
-    {
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^Dockerfile$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "version=\"(?<currentValue>.*?)\""
-      ],
-      "depNameTemplate": "kubernetes/kubernetes",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
-    },
-    {
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "org\\.opencontainers\\.image\\.version:\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
-      ],
-      "depNameTemplate": "kubernetes/kubernetes",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
-    },
     {
       "fileMatch": [
         "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
       ],
       "matchStrings": [
+        "org\\.opencontainers\\.image\\.version:\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\"",
         "tags:\\s+-\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
       ],
       "depNameTemplate": "kubernetes/kubernetes",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-tags"
     }
   ]
-}
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+}