diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b8b45889f..565de01be 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ include:
   - local: .gitlab-ci-full-integration-generator.yml
     rules:
       - if: $RUN_TESTS_FULL_INTEGRATION == "true"
+  - component: gitlab.com/renovate-bot/renovate-runner/renovate.gitlab-ci@main
 
 default:
   tags: !reference [.qa-common-default-runner, tags]
@@ -136,6 +137,34 @@ variables:
     description: "mender-artifact tool version"
     value: 4.1.0
 
+  # Renovate required variables
+  RENOVATE_PLATFORM: github
+  RENOVATE_ENDPOINT: "https://api.github.com"
+  RENOVATE_GIT_AUTHOR: "mender-test-bot <mender@northern.tech>"
+  RENOVATE_TOKEN: $GITHUB_BOT_TOKEN_REPO_FULL
+  RENOVATE_GITHUB_COM_TOKEN: $GITHUB_BOT_TOKEN_REPO_FULL
+  RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES: "mendersoftware/$CI_PROJECT_NAME"
+  RENOVATE_REQUIRE_CONFIG: "optional"
+  RENOVATE_ONBOARDING: "false"
+  RENOVATE_GIT_PRIVATE_KEY: $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
+  RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/renovate.json"
+  FORCE_RENOVATE_RUN:
+    description: "Force a renovate bot run"
+    value: "false"
+    options:
+      - "true"
+      - "false"
+
+# Override rules
+renovate:
+  needs: []
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"'
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web" && $FORCE_RENOVATE_RUN == "true"'
+  stage: build
+  tags:
+    - k8s-small
+
 .publish:versions:
   stage: publish
   image: python:slim
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f27cb91f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": [
+    "config:recommended",
+    ":gitSignOff",
+    ":rebaseStalePrs"
+  ],
+  "reviewers": ["team:qa-dependabot-reviewers"],
+
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      // TODO: remove some of these when we ditch dependabot
+      "matchCategories": ["python", "docker", "ci"],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
+  ],
+
+  "customManagers": [
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "managerFilePatterns": ["/.gitlab-ci.yml/"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "MENDER_ARTIFACT_VERSION:[\\s\\S]*?value:\\s*[\"']?(?<currentValue>[\\d\\.]+)[\"']?"
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "mendersoftware/mender-artifact",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases",
+      "extractVersionTemplate": "^v?(?<version>.*)$",
+      "versioningTemplate": "semver"
+    },
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "managerFilePatterns": ["/.env/"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "MENDER_ARTIFACT_VERSION=(?<currentValue>[\\d\\.]+)"
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "mendersoftware/mender-artifact",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases",
+      "extractVersionTemplate": "^v?(?<version>.*)$",
+      "versioningTemplate": "semver"
+    },
+  ],
+
+  "prHourlyLimit": 0
+}