diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 432d6c3ad56c0b78205fab52c22532a88deb8012..6411485b9a89117704d667c6a5bec2107052bc3a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ variables:
 workflow:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'schedule'
 
 stages:
     - tools
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/.renovate.yml b/.gitlab/ci/.renovate.yml
index 4ff0fe2fc5a2c07746a93184b4cfdf954fbfbdff..5d6d1ee9f7e141be6ac9af226d243b295cbb20fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/.renovate.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/.renovate.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 renovate:
     stage: tools
 
-    image: renovate/renovate:32.127.0-slim@sha256:30824333e0978851f96ac8e58e7afa39aaf996de243f8bfcb1d7d6906b46488d
+    image: renovate/renovate:32.240.4-slim
 
     variables:
         LOG_LEVEL: debug
+        RENOVATE_BASE_BRANCHES: "develop"
 
     script:
         - renovate $RENOVATE_EXTRA_FLAGS
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 466b8287b4148fcc4878a114b05966a6a57f1232..dd207f85d37191da1be416f31074cea61e2d34f2 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ module.exports = {
   autodiscover: true,
   prConcurrentLimit: 10,
   commitMessagePrefix: '[renovate]',
-  labels: ['renovate']
+  labels: ['renovate'],
+  baseBranches: ['develop']
 };
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1c0c80502856069bce6f064cd951db3bde27ed76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+    "gitAuthor": "renovate@danet.fbi.h-da.de",
+    "ignorePaths": [
+        "**/node_modules/**",
+        "**/bower_components/**",
+        "**/api/deps/**",
+        "csbi/docker-compose.yml",
+        "docker-compose.yml",
+        "applications/venv-manager/venv-manager.Dockerfile",
+        "cli/cli.Dockerfile",
+        "controller/Dockerfile.debug",
+        "controller/controller.Dockerfile",
+        "csbi/Dockerfile.exec",
+        "csbi/csbi.Dockerfile",
+        "csbi/gnmi-target/gnmitarget.Dockerfile",
+        "csbi/resources/Dockerfile",
+        ".gitlab/ci/.uml-autogen-ci.yml",
+        ".gitlab/ci/.integration-test.yml",
+        ".gitlab/ci/.test.yml",
+        ".gitlab/ci/.code-quality-ci.yml",
+        ".gitlab/ci/.build-binaries.yml",
+        "csbi/resources/go.mod",
+        "csbi/testdata/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/go.mod",
+        "controller/test/terraform/containers.tf",
+        "controller/test/terraform/images.tf",
+        "controller/test/terraform/main.tf",
+        "controller/test/terraform/providers.tf"
+    ],
+    "prConcurrentLimit": 10,
+    "commitMessagePrefix": "[renovate]",
+    "labels": ["renovate"],
+    "baseBranches": ["develop"]
+}