Renovate - Dependabot, but cooler

Automatically Updating Versions in GitHub Actions Using Renovate Everyone starts off by never pinning their versions, relying on :latest till the day some dependency pops up and fucks whatever you are deploying. Afterwards, you start following best practices but encounter why so many people follow bad practices - like :latest. Manually updating dependencies is a pain in the ass. Usually Dependabot does the job. And it would probably do here as well. But a while ago I started using Renovate at work and I became quiet a fan. ...

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · benedict