diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 1b0ec126..e73f04b0 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
         "// renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-]+?) depName=(?<depName>.+?)(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[a-z-]+?))?\\s+readonly\\s+tag\\s+=\\s+'(?<currentValue>.+?)';"
       ],
       "versioningTemplate": "{{#if versioning}}{{versioning}}{{else}}semver{{/if}}"
+    },
+    {
+      "fileMatch": ["^README\\.md$"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "uses: renovatebot/github-action@(?<currentValue>[^\\s]+)"
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "renovatebot/github-action",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
     }
   ]
 }