diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 0a4dea95f86a..8fe237b7f5ab 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
     },
     {
       // intentionally using Java 11 in some examples
-      // not using matchUpdateTypes "major", because renovate wants to bump "11-jre" to "11.0.19_7-jre"
       "matchPackageNames": ["eclipse-temurin"],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"],
       "enabled": false
     },
     {