diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yml b/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yml
index 393ca61..05812f6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
             -e RENOVATE_PLATFORM=gitea \
             -e RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES=${{ github.repository }} \
             -e RENOVATE_TOKEN \
-            renovate/renovate:43.288.0
+            renovate/renovate:44.4.5
 
   # After the renovate job, cut ONE tag covering the renovate-bot commits merged to main since the
   # last tag (batch per run). Targets origin/main — the real post-merge tip; the checkout SHA is the