diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f5772c9..00000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-
-  - package-ecosystem: gomod
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-    groups:
-      aws-sdk:
-        patterns:
-          - "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2*"
-
-  - package-ecosystem: pip
-    directories:
-      - "**/*"
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-    ignore:
-      - dependency-name: "boto3"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
-
-  - package-ecosystem: docker
-    directories:
-      - "**/*"
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9506c2c4..00000000
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-change:
-  - head-branch: ["^change/"]
-
-enhancement:
-  - head-branch: ["^feature/", "^feat/", "^enhancement/", "^enh/"]
-
-bug:
-  - head-branch: ["^fix/", "^bug/"]
-
-chore:
-  - head-branch: ["^chore/"]
-
-tests:
-  - any:
-      - head-branch: ["^tests/", "^test/"]
-      - changed-files:
-          - any-glob-to-any-file: "tests/**/*"
-  - all:
-      - changed-files:
-          - all-globs-to-all-files: ["!tests/requirements.txt"]
-
-documentation:
-  - head-branch: ["^docs/", "^doc/"]
-  - changed-files:
-      - any-glob-to-any-file: "**/*.md"
-
-dependencies:
-  - head-branch:
-      ["^deps/", "^dep/", "^dependabot/", "pre-commit-ci-update-config"]
-  - changed-files:
-      - any-glob-to-any-file: ["go.mod", "go.sum"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 86948ba6..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-name: Dependabot auto-merge
-on: pull_request_target
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  dependabot:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Dependabot metadata
-        id: dependabot-metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@dbb049abf0d677abbd7f7eee0375145b417fdd34 # v2.2.0
-
-      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NGINX_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 1d1d1f38..514493bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write # for actions/labeler to add labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            labeler.yml
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+          repository: nginxinc/k8s-common
       - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9 # v5.0.0
         with:
           repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           sync-labels: true
+          configuration-path: labeler.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 46032315..5b66fe09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Lint Go
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@aaa42aa0628b4ae2578232a66b541047968fac86 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          version: v1.60.1 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=golangci/golangci-lint
 
   actionlint:
     name: Actionlint
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 76825036..7b7e86e2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ repos:
       - id: check-symlinks
       - id: check-case-conflict
       - id: check-vcs-permalinks
+      - id: check-json
+      - id: pretty-format-json
+        args: [--autofix, --no-ensure-ascii]
       - id: mixed-line-ending
         args: [--fix=lf]
       - id: name-tests-test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d61bc3d8..ed8e78d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := build-goreleaser
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=golangci/golangci-lint
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION = v1.60.1
 
 .PHONY: test
 test:
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ test:
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
-	docker run --pull always --rm -v $(shell pwd):/nginx-asg-sync -w /nginx-asg-sync -v $(shell go env GOCACHE):/cache/go -e GOCACHE=/cache/go -e GOLANGCI_LINT_CACHE=/cache/go -v $(shell go env GOPATH)/pkg:/go/pkg golangci/golangci-lint:latest golangci-lint --color always run
+	docker run --pull always --rm -v $(shell pwd):/nginx-asg-sync -w /nginx-asg-sync -v $(shell go env GOCACHE):/cache/go -e GOCACHE=/cache/go -e GOLANGCI_LINT_CACHE=/cache/go -v $(shell go env GOPATH)/pkg:/go/pkg golangci/golangci-lint:$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION) golangci-lint --color always run
 
 nginx-asg-sync:
 	@go version || (code=$$?; printf "\033[0;31mError\033[0m: unable to build locally, try using the parameter TARGET=container or TARGET=download\n"; exit $$code)
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index a436d666..8bf65f91 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
   "extends": [
-    "github>nginxinc/k8s-common"
+    "github>nginxinc/k8s-common",
+    "schedule:earlyMondays"
   ]
 }