diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
index 60379de..b956c19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Validate Renovate config
-        uses: renovatebot/github-action@v44.2.3
-        env:
-          RENOVATE_DRY_RUN: lookup
-          LOG_LEVEL: debug
-        with:
-          configurationFile: renovate-config.js
-          token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+      - name: Validate Renovate config with schema validator
+        run: |
+          docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/usr/src/app ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:42 \
+            renovate-config-validator --strict \
+            /usr/src/app/renovate.json \
+            /usr/src/app/renovate-shared-config.json \
+            /usr/src/app/renovate-config.js
 
   renovate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 3ed8387..3e4b91a 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -2,11 +2,5 @@
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
   "extends": [
     "local>bootc-dev/infra:renovate-shared-config.json"
-  ],
-  "github-actions": {
-    "fileMatch": [
-      "(^|/).github/workflows/[^/]+\\.ya?ml$",
-      "(^|/).github/actions/[^/]+/action\\.ya?ml$"
-    ]
-  }
+  ]
 }