diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index e58980f0fffc72510c76bd7361a9269f7a626e59..47c3a7a33008e5ec39324b641eb49555485018cd 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,17 +5,9 @@
   "baseBranches": [
     "development"
   ],
+  "automerge": true,
+  "gitLabAutomerge": true,
   "regexManagers": [
-    {
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^Dockerfile$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "version=\"(?<currentValue>.*?)\""
-      ],
-      "depNameTemplate": "openpolicyagent/opa",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
-    },
     {
       "fileMatch": [
         "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
@@ -37,4 +29,4 @@
       "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}