diff --git a/cspell.config.json b/cspell.config.json
index 00b10758..c97a240f 100644
--- a/cspell.config.json
+++ b/cspell.config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 {
-  "ignorePaths": ["node_modules/**", "dist/**", "mage_output_file.go", "package.json", "yarn.lock"],
-  "ignoreRegExpList": ["import\\s*\\((.|[\r\n])*?\\)", "import\\s*.*\".*?\""],
+  "ignorePaths": [
+    "node_modules/**",
+    "dist/**",
+    "mage_output_file.go",
+    "package.json",
+    "renovate.json",
+    "yarn.lock"
+  ],
+  "ignoreRegExpList": [
+    "import\\s*\\((.|[\r\n])*?\\)",
+    "import\\s*.*\".*?\""
+  ],
   "words": [
     "araddon",
     "bmike",
@@ -59,6 +69,6 @@
     "vals",
     "vladimirdotk",
     "Wrapf",
-    "confg" //this is unfortunately a typo in a file name that is not easy to fix
+    "confg"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16536f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+    "extends": [
+        "github>grafana/grafana-renovate-config//presets/data-sources/base"
+    ]
+}