diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
index fe0c50398f0f..97a9d78c2b3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ env:
   # Make sure to exit early if cache segment download times out after 2 minutes.
   # We limit cache download as a whole to 5 minutes.
   SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 2
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=tcort/markdown-link-check
+  MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION: "3.12.2"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make chlog-preview > changelog_preview.md
       - name: Install markdown-link-check
         if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies') && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Skip Changelog') && !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '[chore]')}}
-        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check@3.12.2
+        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check@${{ env.MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION }}
       - name: Run markdown-link-check
         if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies') && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Skip Changelog') && !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '[chore]')}}
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml
index 224549ba628a..bbfd0bb2ed49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=tcort/markdown-link-check
+  MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION: "3.12.2"
+
 jobs:
   changedfiles:
     name: changed files
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Install markdown-link-check
-        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check@3.12.2
+        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check@${{ env.MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Run markdown-link-check
         run: |
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 74d57112f1c1..3e65271caca1 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
       "go": "1.22.0"
     },
     "schedule": ["every tuesday"],
-    "extends": ["config:recommended"],
+    "extends": [
+      "config:recommended",
+      "customManagers:githubActionsVersions"
+    ],
     "ignorePaths": [
       "**/receiver/apachesparkreceiver/testdata/integration/Dockerfile.apache-spark",
       "**/receiver/elasticsearchreceiver/testdata/integration/Dockerfile.elasticsearch.7_16_3",