diff --git a/.whitesource b/.whitesource
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c7ae90..0000000
--- a/.whitesource
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "scanSettings": {
-    "baseBranches": []
-  },
-  "checkRunSettings": {
-    "vulnerableCheckRunConclusionLevel": "failure",
-    "displayMode": "diff",
-    "useMendCheckNames": true
-  },
-  "issueSettings": {
-    "minSeverityLevel": "LOW",
-    "issueType": "DEPENDENCY"
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd7d22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": ["local>EduIDE/.github:renovate-config"],
+  "postUpdateOptions": ["helmUpdateSubChartArchives"],
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "description": "chart/values.yaml leaves image.tag empty on purpose - the tag defaults to the chart version at release time, so there is nothing for Renovate to update.",
+      "matchManagers": ["helm-values"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["ghcr.io/eduide/eduide-shared-cache/gradle-cache"],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Vendored subchart archives are regenerated by helm dependency update, not managed directly.",
+      "matchFileNames": ["chart/charts/**"],
+      "enabled": false
+    }
+  ]
+}