diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 2017f32..17b5ca1 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
+---
 kind: pipeline
 type: docker
-name: default
+name: renovate
+
+trigger:
+    event:
+        - cron
+        - push
+        - custom
+
+environment:
+    LOG_LEVEL: debug
 
 services:
   - name: postgres
@@ -62,3 +72,23 @@ steps:
       - mix deps.get
       # Run tests
       - mix test
+
+  - 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_FILE="renovate_config.js" renovate-config-validator
+
+  - name: renovate
+    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_FILE="renovate_config.js" renovate
+
+    environment:
+        RENOVATE_TOKEN:
+            from_secret: RENOVATE_TOKEN
+        #GITHUB_COM_TOKEN:
+        #  from_secret: GITHUB_COM_TOKEN
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5db72dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": [
+    "config:recommended"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/renovate_config.js b/renovate_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3efb6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module.exports = {
+  endpoint: "https://git.local-it.org/api/v1/",
+  gitAuthor: 'Renovate Bot <renovate@local-it.org>',
+  username: 'renovate',
+  platform: "gitea",
+  onboarding: true,
+  autodiscover: true,
+  persistRepoData: true,
+  optimizeForDisabled: true,
+  assignees: [],
+  labels: ["renovate", "dependencies", "automated"],
+  onboardingConfig: {
+    extends: ["config:recommended"],
+  },
+  repositories: ["local-it/mitgliederverwaltung"]
+};