diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d5feb15d8f..00000000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: npm
-    directory: '/'
-    schedule:
-      interval: daily
-    commit-message:
-      # prevent netlify build
-      prefix: '[skip netlify]'
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
-    versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 1426acf5848..01e8d75aca1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: tjenkinson/gh-action-auto-merge-dependency-updates@791110cb91cf883fb4894ffd080ddbe36607cd31
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          allowed-actors: dependabot[bot]
+          allowed-actors: renovate[bot]
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0b81840212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "extends": ["config:base"],
+  "commitMessagePrefix": "[skip netlify]",
+  "prHourlyLimit": 0
+}