diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a83cdbc1..6fa87f2a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ HELM ?= $(LOCALBIN)/HELM
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
 
 ## Tool Versions
+# renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v4.5.7
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.10.0
 
 KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 00b1bad86..1659d32c5 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   "kubernetes": {
     "fileMatch": [
       "^chart/templates/rendered\\.yaml$",
-      "^config/default/.*-patch\\.yaml$"
+      "^config/default/.*-patch\\.yaml$",
+      "test\\/.*\\.ya?ml$"
     ]
   },
   "packageRules": [
@@ -55,6 +56,18 @@
       "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases",
       "extractVersionTemplate": "^flagd/(?<version>.*)$"
     },
+    {
+      "fileMatch": [
+        "(^|\\/)Makefile$",
+        "(^|\\/)Dockerfile",
+        "(^|\\/).*\\.ya?ml$",
+        "(^|\\/).*\\.toml$",
+        "(^|\\/).*\\.sh$"
+      ],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>.+?) depName=(?<depName>.+?)\\s.*?_VERSION ?(\\??=|\\: ?) ?\\\"?(?<currentValue>.+?)?\\\"?\\s"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "fileMatch": ["^controllers/core/flagsourceconfiguration/controller.go$"],
       "matchStrings": ["\"(?<currentValue>.*?)\" \\/\\/FLAGD_PROXY_TAG_RENOVATE"],