diff --git a/.renovaterc.json5 b/.renovaterc.json5
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index 0000000..2f1a83c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.renovaterc.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  extends: ["github>UCL-ARC/.github//renovate/default-config.json", ":dependencyDashboard"],
+  customManagers: [
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "fileMatch": ["^.*\\.y.?ml$"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        '#\\srenovate:\\sdatasource=(?<datasource>.*?) depName=(?<depName>.*?)( versioning=(?<versioning>.*?))?\\s*.*?_version:\\s*(?<currentValue>.*)\\s*'
+        ],
+      "versioningTemplate": "{{#if versioning}}{{{versioning}}}{{else}}semver{{/if}}"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
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--- a/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "extends": [
-    "config:recommended"
-  ]
-}