diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index f41baf10bb7d..dd735e183a82 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -15,199 +15,15 @@
       // this is to reduce the number of renovate PRs by consolidating them into a weekly batch
       "matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
       "extends": ["schedule:daily"],
-      "groupName": "github actions"
+      "groupName": "github actions",
+      "separateMinorPatch": false
     },
     {
-      "matchPackageNames": [
-        "io.opentelemetry.contrib:opentelemetry-aws-resources",
-        "io.opentelemetry.contrib:opentelemetry-aws-xray-propagator",
-        "io.opentelemetry.contrib:opentelemetry-gcp-resources",
-        "io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto",
-        "io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv"
-      ],
-      // Renovate's default behavior is only to update from unstable -> unstable if it's for the
-      // major.minor.patch, under the assumption that you would want to update to the stable version
-      // of that release instead of the unstable version for a future release
-      // (TODO remove once the artifacts above release stable versions)
-      "ignoreUnstable": false,
-      "allowedVersions": "!/\\-SNAPSHOT$/"
-    },
-    {
-      // we are not going to update the semconv in 1.x branch
-      "matchPackageNames": ["io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor"],
-      "matchBaseBranches": ["release/v1.33.x"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["ch.qos.logback:"],
-      "groupName": "logback packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["com.google.guava:"],
-      "groupName": "guava packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["io.quarkus"],
-      "groupName": "quarkus packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["com.gradle.enterprise"],
-      "groupName": "gradle enterprise packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.eclipse.jetty:"],
-      "groupName": "jetty packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["com.linecorp.armeria:"],
-      "groupName": "armeria packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["com.diffplug.spotless"],
-      "groupName": "spotless packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["net.bytebuddy:"],
-      "groupName": "byte buddy packages"
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["com.fasterxml.jackson"],
-      "groupName": "jackson packages"
-    },
-    {
-      // prevent update to 2.4-groovy-4.0-SNAPSHOT
-      "matchPackageNames": ["org.spockframework:spock-bom"],
-      "allowedVersions": "!/\\-SNAPSHOT$/"
-    },
-    {
-      // prevent 3.0.1u2 -> 3.0.1
-      "matchPackageNames": ["com.google.code.findbugs:annotations"],
-      "allowedVersions": "!/3\\.0\\.1$/"
-    },
-    {
-      // OpenTelemetry SDK updates are handled by auto-update-otel-sdk.yml
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["io.opentelemetry:"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // junit-pioneer 2+ requires Java 11+
-      "matchPackageNames": ["org.junit-pioneer:junit-pioneer"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // mockito 5+ requires Java 11+
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.mockito:"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // system-stubs-jupiter 2.1+ requires Java 11+
-      "matchPackageNames": ["uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using Spring Boot 2 in this smoke tests
-      // new versions of Spring Boot 3 are tested with
-      // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/blob/dc4330e0a3060bd7d8c4090ad0b8fc4727e68113/settings.gradle.kts#L43-L45
-      "matchFileNames": [
-        "smoke-tests/images/spring-boot/build.gradle.kts",
-        "smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-2/build.gradle.kts",
-        "smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/build.gradle.kts",
-        "smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-2/build.gradle.kts",
-        "smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-common/build.gradle.kts",
-        "smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-smoke-testing/build.gradle.kts"
-      ],
-      "matchPackageNames": [
-        "org.slf4j:slf4j-api",
-        "org.springframework.boot",
-        "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
-      "enabled": false,
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using Spring Boot 2 in this smoke tests
-      "matchFileNames": [
-        "smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-2/build.gradle.kts",
-        "smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-2/build.gradle.kts"
-      ],
-      "matchPackageNames": ["ch.qos.logback:logback-classic"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor"],
-      "enabled": false,
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using logback 1.2 in this smoke tests
-      "matchFileNames": ["smoke-tests/images/spring-boot/build.gradle.kts"],
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["ch.qos.logback:"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using slf4j 1 in this smoke tests
-      "matchFileNames": ["smoke-tests/images/spring-boot/build.gradle.kts"],
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.slf4j:"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally aligning both netty 4.0 and 4.1 version in this convention
-      "matchFileNames": ["conventions/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts"],
-      "matchPackageNames": ["io.netty:netty-bom"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using scala 2.11 in otel.scala-conventions.gradle.kts
-      "matchFileNames": ["conventions/src/main/kotlin/otel.scala-conventions.gradle.kts"],
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.scala-lang:scala-library"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using Java 11 in some examples
-      // not using matchUpdateTypes "major", because renovate wants to bump "11-jre" to "11.0.19_7-jre"
-      "matchPackageNames": ["eclipse-temurin"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // using old version of this obscure artifact to test instrumentation of Java 1.1 bytecode
-      "matchPackageNames": ["net.sf.jt400:jt400"],
-      "matchCurrentVersion": "6.1",
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // pinned version for compatibility
-      "matchPackageNames": ["javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api"],
-      "matchCurrentVersion": "3.0.1",
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // pinned version for compatibility
-      "matchPackageNames": ["jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api"],
-      "matchCurrentVersion": "5.0.0",
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using logback 1.3 in dependency management (for Java 8 support)
-      "matchFileNames": ["dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts"],
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["ch.qos.logback:"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
-      "enabled": false
-    },
-    {
-      // intentionally using Spring Boot 2 in dependency management (for Java 8 support)
-      "matchFileNames": ["dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts"],
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"],
+      "matchManagers": ["gradle"],
       "enabled": false
     },
     {
-      // pinned version to Jetty 8 (Servlet 3.0) for compatibility
-      "matchFileNames": ["examples/distro/instrumentation/servlet-3/build.gradle"],
-      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.eclipse.jetty:"],
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"],
+      "matchManagers": ["dockerfile"],
       "enabled": false
     }
   ]