diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 4568cd4e..8abe7b52 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  extends: ["config:recommended", ":enablePreCommit", "group:allNonMajor"],
+  extends: ["config:recommended"],
   schedule: ["* 2 * * 1"],
   prHourlyLimit: 4,
   timezone: "America/Los_Angeles",
@@ -8,4 +8,21 @@
   lockFileMaintenance: {
     enabled: true,
   },
+  "pre-commit": {
+    enabled: true,
+  },
+  packageRules: [
+    {
+      matchUpdateTypes: ["lockFileMaintenance"],
+      automerge: true,
+    },
+    {
+      // group:allNonMajor, with automerge
+      groupName: "all non-major dependencies",
+      groupSlug: "all-minor-patch",
+      matchPackageNames: ["*"],
+      matchUpdateTypes: ["minor", "patch"],
+      automerge: true,
+    },
+  ],
 }
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3d97f082..0f38755b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ repos:
     rev: 0.4.15
     hooks:
       - id: uv-lock
+  - repo: https://github.com/renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: 38.96.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: renovate-config-validator
   - repo: https://github.com/adamchainz/blacken-docs
     rev: 1.18.0
     hooks: