diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 855a6ea1c8d99e19ba9427bf8c79ad6475c38eb1..0e8c9d5b7743fae541906724fdeca0c69361d97c 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,22 +5,15 @@
   "baseBranches": [
     "development"
   ],
+  "automerge": true,
+  "gitLabAutomerge": true,
   "regexManagers": [
     {
       "fileMatch": [
         "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
       ],
       "matchStrings": [
-        "org\\.opencontainers\\.image\\.version:\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
-      ],
-      "depNameTemplate": "prometheus/blackbox_exporter",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
-    },
-    {
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^hardening_manifest.yaml$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
+        "org\\.opencontainers\\.image\\.version:\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\"",
         "tags:\\s+-\\s+\"(?<currentValue>.+?)\""
       ],
       "depNameTemplate": "prometheus/blackbox_exporter",