diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index e0a8951b7ec45ebbf04562b00aa4f05021fff7b0..0650089022f2ba29a6d3480bd68013376ca3e480 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
   "extends": [
-    "config:recommended",
+    "config:base",
     ":disableDependencyDashboard"
+  ],
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "matchDatasources": [
+        "gitlab-tags"
+      ],
+      "versioning": "docker"
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "to-be-continuous dependencies",
+      "groupSlug": "tbc-deps",
+      "matchPackagePatterns": [
+        "to-be-continuous/*"
+      ],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": [
+        "minor",
+        "patch"
+      ],
+      "automerge": true,
+      "automergeType": "pr",
+      "platformAutomerge": true,
+      "rebaseWhen": "auto"
+     }
   ]
 }