diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d1925c1a6537866e95341c6678462685e7b24d55..611232b276cc8fa5041536e2e322022b6c58ed98 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry1.dso.mil
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=ironbank/redhat/ubi/ubi8
-ARG BASE_TAG=8.3
+ARG BASE_TAG=8.4
 
 FROM openpolicyagent/opa-telemetry:0.1.9 as base
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index 718b89318ff7e9ffc8d352addf8b6f6faa2b3a98..e82ee4537268ece77e3e8ca4152b0ad62ad5d3f5 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags:
 # Build args passed to Dockerfile ARGs
 args:
   BASE_IMAGE: "redhat/ubi/ubi8"
-  BASE_TAG: "8.3"
+  BASE_TAG: "8.4"
 
 # Docker image labels
 labels:
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index a174a10b187660f3d7de82e35eac077ab33d1517..7fba196e37921b30fb7d7928f33127766fd204a6 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,17 +5,9 @@
   "baseBranches": [
     "development"
   ],
+  "automerge": true,
+  "gitLabAutomerge": true,
   "regexManagers": [
-    {
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^Dockerfile$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "version=\"(?<currentValue>.*?)\""
-      ],
-      "depNameTemplate": "openpolicyagent/opa-telemetry",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
-    },
     {
       "fileMatch": [
         "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
@@ -37,4 +29,4 @@
       "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}