diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 48ae58df..00000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  # Create PRs for dependency updates
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: "chore(deps):"
-    # Ignore gardener dependencies
-    ignore:
-      - dependency-name: "github.com/gardener/gardener"
-        versions: ["*"]
-  # Create PRs for golang version updates
-  - package-ecosystem: docker
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: "chore(deps):"
-  # Create PRs for GitHub Actions updates
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-    commit-message:
-      prefix: "chore(deps):"
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f8905c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  $schema: 'https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json',
+  extends: [
+    'config:recommended',
+  ],
+  labels: [
+    'kind/enhancement',
+  ],
+  postUpdateOptions: [
+    'gomodTidy',
+  ],
+}