diff --git a/.dependabot/config.yml b/.dependabot/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe82a3de06a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dependabot/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: 1
+update_configs:
+  - package_manager: "go:modules"
+    directory: "/"
+    update_schedule: "weekly"
+    default_labels:
+      - "dependency"
+    ignored_updates:
+      - match: # ignore forked linters because of their versioning issues. TODO: fix it.
+          dependency_name: "github.com/golangci/*"
diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 43208022b3fb..000000000000
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignorePaths": ["docs/**"],
-  "labels": ["dependency"]
-}