diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 17b5ca1..c01605d 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ steps:
     # https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/15049
     commands:
       - unset GIT_COMMITTER_NAME GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
-      - RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE="renovate_config.js" renovate-config-validator
+      - renovate-config-validator
+  - name: renovate - validate config
+    image: renovate/renovate:39.256
+    # https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/discussions/15049
+    commands:
+        - unset GIT_COMMITTER_NAME GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
+        - renovate-config-validator
 
   - name: renovate
     image: renovate/renovate:39.256