diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index bd3385a33409..755e09beabed 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -377,11 +377,11 @@
       datasourceTemplate: 'java-version',
       managerFilePatterns: [
         '.github/workflows/**',
-        '**/*.gradle.kts'
+        '**/*.gradle.kts',
       ],
       matchStrings: [
-        '(?<currentValue>\\d+) # renovate: datasource=java-version',
-        '"(?<currentValue>\\d+)" // renovate: datasource=java-version',
+        '(?<currentValue>\\d+) # renovate\\(java-version\\)',
+        '"(?<currentValue>\\d+)" // renovate\\(java-version\\)',
       ],
       depNameTemplate: 'java',
       extractVersionTemplate: '^(?<version>\\d+)',
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
       customType: 'regex',
       datasourceTemplate: 'pypi',
       managerFilePatterns: [
-        '/^.github/workflows//',
+        '.github/workflows/**',
       ],
       matchStrings: [
         'pip install (?<depName>[^=]+)==(?<currentValue>[^\\s]+)',
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
       customType: 'regex',
       datasourceTemplate: 'npm',
       managerFilePatterns: [
-        '/^.github/workflows//',
+        '.github/workflows/**',
       ],
       matchStrings: [
         'npx (?<depName>[^@]+)@(?<currentValue>[^\\s]+)',
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-common.yml b/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
index 5a3ad2e41188..f023fdb5a24f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ jobs:
           - 11
           - 17
           - 21
-          - 25 # renovate: datasource=java-version
+          - 25 # renovate(java-version)
           - 25-deny-unsafe
         vm:
           - hotspot
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-pr-smoke-test-images.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-pr-smoke-test-images.yml
index 1f894ca25e0e..310f4aec02e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-pr-smoke-test-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-pr-smoke-test-images.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      LATEST_JAVA_VERSION: 25 # renovate: datasource=java-version
+      LATEST_JAVA_VERSION: 25 # renovate(java-version)
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-smoke-test-images.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-smoke-test-images.yml
index 0c63d8dcf698..9c75d64ec1fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-smoke-test-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-publish-smoke-test-images.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write
     env:
-      LATEST_JAVA_VERSION: 25 # renovate: datasource=java-version
+      LATEST_JAVA_VERSION: 25 # renovate(java-version)
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0