diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b70294cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": ["config:base", ":semanticCommitsDisabled", "schedule:daily"],
+  "enabledManagers": ["regex"],
+  "automerge": true,
+  "regexManagers": [
+    {
+      "fileMatch": ["prep-pct.sh"],
+      "matchStrings": ["pct_version=(?<currentValue>.*?)\n"],
+      "depNameTemplate": "org.jenkins-ci.tests:plugins-compat-tester-cli",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "maven",
+      "registryUrlTemplate": "https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/releases/"
+    },
+    {
+      "fileMatch": ["sample-plugin/pom.xml"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "<jenkins.version>(?<currentValue>.*?)</jenkins.version>"
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-war",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "maven",
+      "registryUrlTemplate": "https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/releases/"
+    }
+  ],
+  "labels": ["dependencies"],
+  "rebaseWhen": "conflicted"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-updatecli.yaml b/.github/workflows/action-updatecli.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bf62be0c..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/action-updatecli.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-name: updatecli
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  schedule:
-    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
-    # Run once a day
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
-
-env:
-  PLUGIN_MANAGER_VERSION: '2.12.8'
-
-jobs:
-  updatecli:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install updatecli
-        uses: updatecli/updatecli-action@v2
-
-      - name: Install Jenkins Plugin Installation Manager Tool
-        run: |
-          url="https://github.com/jenkinsci/plugin-installation-manager-tool/releases/download/$PLUGIN_MANAGER_VERSION/jenkins-plugin-manager-$PLUGIN_MANAGER_VERSION.jar"
-          path="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE:-.}/plugin-manager.jar"
-          curl -sSL "$url" -o "$path"
-          echo "PLUGIN_MANAGER_JAR_PATH=$path" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Generate updatecli manifests
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: |
-          Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted
-          ./updatecli/generate-manifests.ps1
-
-      - name: Diff
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          updatecli diff --config updatecli/updatecli.d --values updatecli/values.yaml
-        env:
-          UPDATECLI_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Apply
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        run: |
-          updatecli apply --config updatecli/updatecli.d --values updatecli/values.yaml
-        env:
-          UPDATECLI_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 24e54a52b..eb28baf1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ logs/
 megawar.war
 pct.jar
 plugin-manager.jar
-!updatecli.d/
-updatecli.d/*
-!updatecli.d/plugin-compat-tester.yml
 .env
 .envrc
diff --git a/prep-pct.sh b/prep-pct.sh
index bf35ba42d..d163210b0 100644
--- a/prep-pct.sh
+++ b/prep-pct.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -euxo pipefail
 cd "$(dirname "${0}")"
 
-# Tracked by ./updatecli/updatecli.d/plugin-compat-tester.yml
+# Tracked by .github/renovate.json
 pct_version=1337.vd1853588a_0c6
 pct="$(mvn -Dexpression=settings.localRepository -q -DforceStdout help:evaluate)/org/jenkins-ci/tests/plugins-compat-tester-cli/${pct_version}/plugins-compat-tester-cli-${pct_version}.jar"
 [ -f "${pct}" ] || mvn dependency:get -Dartifact=org.jenkins-ci.tests:plugins-compat-tester-cli:${pct_version}:jar -DremoteRepositories=repo.jenkins-ci.org::default::https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/public/,incrementals::default::https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/incrementals/ -Dtransitive=false
diff --git a/updatecli/generate-manifests.ps1 b/updatecli/generate-manifests.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 89d48124f..000000000
--- a/updatecli/generate-manifests.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,250 +0,0 @@
-if ($null -eq $ENV:GITHUB_WORKSPACE) {
-  $root = "$PSScriptRoot/.." | Resolve-Path
-} else {
-  $root = $ENV:GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-}
-
-function EnsureModuleInstalled ($name) {
-  $module = Get-InstalledModule -Name $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-  if ($null -eq $module) {
-    Install-Module -Name $name -Scope CurrentUser -AllowClobber
-  } else {
-    Import-Module $name
-  }
-}
-
-EnsureModuleInstalled "powershell-yaml"
-
-$manifestDirectory = "$root/updatecli/updatecli.d"
-
-if ([System.IO.Directory]::Exists($manifestDirectory) -eq $false) {
-  New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory -Path $manifestDirectory | Out-Null
-}
-
-# Get current bom versions based on directory structure afterwards sort by version number ascending
-$bills = Get-ChildItem "$root/bom-*" -Directory `
-  | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name `
-  | Where-Object { $_ -ne "bom-weekly" } `
-  | ForEach-Object { [System.Version]$($_ -replace '^bom-(\d+\.\d+?)\.x$','$1') } `
-  | Sort-Object `
-  | ForEach-Object { "bom-$($_.Major).$($_.Minor).x" }
-
-$latestStableBom = $bills[-1]
-$bills = @("bom-weekly") + $bills
-
-$pomPath = "sample-plugin/pom.xml"
-$pom = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
-$pom.PreserveWhitespace = $true
-$pom.Load($pomPath)
-
-$jenkinsVersions = @{}
-
-$jenkinsVersions["weekly"] = $pom.project.properties."jenkins.version"
-
-$pom.project.profiles.profile | ForEach-Object {
-  $jenkinsVersions[$_.id] = $_.properties."jenkins.version"
-}
-
-foreach ($bom in $bills) {
-  $updateJenkinsManifest = [ordered]@{
-    scms         = [ordered]@{
-      github = [ordered]@{
-        kind = "github"
-        spec = [ordered]@{
-          user       = '{{ .github.user }}'
-          email      = '{{ .github.email }}'
-          owner      = '{{ .github.owner }}'
-          repository = '{{ .github.repository }}'
-          branch     = '{{ .github.branch }}'
-          username   = '{{ .github.username }}'
-          token      = '{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}'
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    sources      = [ordered]@{}
-    conditions   = [ordered]@{}
-    targets      = [ordered]@{}
-    actions      = [ordered]@{}
-  }
-
-  $bomVersion = $bom -replace "bom-", ""
-  $jenkinsVersion = $jenkinsVersions[$bomVersion]
-
-  $updateJenkinsManifestPath = "$manifestDirectory/update-jenkins-$bomVersion.yaml"
-
-  if ($bom -eq "bom-weekly") {
-    $updateJenkinsManifest.sources["jenkins"] = [ordered]@{
-      name = "Get Last jenkins Weekly Version"
-      kind = "jenkins"
-      spec = [ordered]@{
-        release = "weekly"
-        github  = [ordered]@{
-          token    = '{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}'
-          username = '{{ .github.username }}'
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    # remove .x from z.y.x and replace literal dot with escaped dot
-    $bomVersionPattern = $bomVersion -replace ".x", ""
-    if ($latestStableBom -eq $bom) {
-      $bomVersionPattern = "jenkins-$bomVersionPattern.1$"
-    } else {
-      $bomVersionPattern = "jenkins-$bomVersionPattern.\d+$"
-    }
-    $bomVersionPattern = $bomVersionPattern -replace "\.", "\."
-    $updateJenkinsManifest.sources["jenkins"] = [ordered]@{
-      name         = "Get last Jenkins stable version"
-      kind         = "githubrelease"
-      spec         = [ordered]@{
-        owner         = "jenkinsci"
-        repository    = "jenkins"
-        token         = '{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}'
-        versionfilter = [ordered]@{
-          kind    = "regex"
-          pattern = $bomVersionPattern
-        }
-      }
-      transformers = @(@{
-          trimprefix = "jenkins-"
-        })
-    }
-  }
-
-  $updateJenkinsManifest.conditions["jenkins"] = [ordered]@{
-    name     = "Test if Jenkins stable published"
-    kind     = "maven"
-    sourceid = "jenkins"
-    spec     = [ordered]@{
-      url        = "repo.jenkins-ci.org"
-      repository = "releases"
-      groupId    = "org.jenkins-ci.main"
-      artifactId = "jenkins-war"
-    }
-  }
-  $updateJenkinsManifest.targets["jenkins"] = [ordered]@{
-    name     = "Update Jenkins version"
-    sourceid = "jenkins"
-    scmid    = "github"
-    kind     = "shell"
-    spec     = [ordered]@{
-      command      = "pwsh -NoProfile -File {{ requiredEnv `"GITHUB_WORKSPACE`" }}/updatecli/update-jenkins.ps1 $bomVersion"
-    }
-  }
-  $updateJenkinsManifest.actions["jenkins"] = [ordered]@{
-    title   = "Bump jenkins.version from $jenkinsVersion to {{ source `"jenkins`" }} for bom-$bomVersion"
-    kind    = "github/pullrequest"
-    scmid   = "github"
-    targets = @("jenkins")
-    spec    = [ordered]@{
-      labels      = @("dependencies")
-      automerge   = $true
-      mergemethod = "squash"
-      usetitleforautomerge = $true
-    }
-  }
-
-  ConvertTo-Yaml -Data $updateJenkinsManifest -OutFile $updateJenkinsManifestPath -Force
-
-  if ($bom -eq "bom-weekly") {
-    # weekly bom is handled by dependabot
-    continue
-  }
-
-  $pomPath = "$bom/pom.xml"
-  $pom = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
-  $pom.PreserveWhitespace = $true
-  $pom.Load($pomPath)
-
-  $dependencies = $pom.Project.DependencyManagement.Dependencies.Dependency | Select-Object -Skip 1
-
-
-  foreach ($dependency in $dependencies) {
-    $artifactId = $dependency.artifactId
-    $groupId = $dependency.groupId
-    $version = $dependency.version
-    $name = $artifactId
-    if ($version.StartsWith("$")) {
-      # remove the dollar sign and curly braces
-      $name = $version -replace '^\${(.+?)}$', '$1'
-      $version = $pom.project.properties."$name"
-    }
-
-    $updatePluginsManifestPath = "$manifestDirectory/update-plugin-$bomVersion-$artifactId-$version.yaml"
-
-    if ([System.IO.File]::Exists($updatePluginsManifestPath)) {
-      continue
-    }
-
-    $updatePluginsManifest = [ordered]@{
-      scms         = [ordered]@{
-        github = [ordered]@{
-          kind = "github"
-          spec = [ordered]@{
-            user       = '{{ .github.user }}'
-            email      = '{{ .github.email }}'
-            owner      = '{{ .github.owner }}'
-            repository = '{{ .github.repository }}'
-            branch     = '{{ .github.branch }}'
-            username   = '{{ .github.username }}'
-            token      = '{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}'
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      sources      = [ordered]@{}
-      conditions   = [ordered]@{}
-      targets      = [ordered]@{}
-      actions      = [ordered]@{}
-    }
-
-    $updatePluginsManifest.sources["plugin"] = [ordered]@{
-      name         = "Get last $name version"
-      kind         = "shell"
-      spec         = @{
-        command = "java -jar {{ requiredEnv `"PLUGIN_MANAGER_JAR_PATH`" }} --no-download --available-updates --output txt --jenkins-version $jenkinsVersion --plugins ${artifactId}:${version}"
-      }
-      transformers = @(
-        @{
-          findsubmatch = @{
-            pattern      = '(.*?):(.*)'
-            captureindex = 2
-          }
-        }
-      )
-    }
-    $updatePluginsManifest.conditions["plugin"] = [ordered]@{
-      name     = "Test if $name is published"
-      kind     = "maven"
-      sourceid = "plugin"
-      spec     = [ordered]@{
-        url        = "repo.jenkins-ci.org"
-        repository = "releases"
-        groupId    = $groupId
-        artifactId = $artifactId
-      }
-    }
-    $updatePluginsManifest.targets["plugin"] = [ordered]@{
-      name     = "Update $name"
-      sourceid = "plugin"
-      scmid    = "github"
-      kind     = "shell"
-      spec     = @{
-        command = "pwsh -NoProfile -File {{ requiredEnv `"GITHUB_WORKSPACE`" }}/updatecli/update-plugin.ps1 $pomPath $name"
-      }
-    }
-    $updatePluginsManifest.actions["plugin"] = [ordered]@{
-      title   = "Bump $name from $version to {{ source `"plugin`" }} in /bom-$bomVersion"
-      kind    = "github/pullrequest"
-      scmid   = "github"
-      targets = @("plugin")
-      spec    = [ordered]@{
-        labels      = @("dependencies")
-        automerge   = $true
-        mergemethod = "squash"
-        usetitleforautomerge = $true
-      }
-    }
-
-    ConvertTo-Yaml -Data $updatePluginsManifest -OutFile $updatePluginsManifestPath -Force
-  }
-}
diff --git a/updatecli/update-jenkins.ps1 b/updatecli/update-jenkins.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 440b47db9..000000000
--- a/updatecli/update-jenkins.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-param(
-  [Parameter(Position = 0)]
-  [string] $BomVersion,
-  [Parameter(Position = 1)]
-  [string] $JenkinsVersion
-)
-
-$changed = $false
-if ($null -eq $ENV:DRY_RUN) {
-  $ENV:DRY_RUN = $false
-}
-
-$pomPath = "sample-plugin/pom.xml"
-$pom = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
-$pom.PreserveWhitespace = $true
-$pom.Load($pomPath)
-
-if ($BomVersion -eq "weekly") {
-  $currentVersion = $pom.project.properties.'jenkins.version'
-  if ($null -ne $currentVersion -and $currentVersion -ne $JenkinsVersion) {
-    $changed = $true
-    $pom.project.properties.'jenkins.version' = $JenkinsVersion
-  }
-} else {
-  $pomProfile = $pom.project.profiles.profile | Where-Object { $_.id -eq $BomVersion } | Select-Object -First 1
-  if ($null -eq $pomProfile) {
-    Write-Host "Profile for Jenkins version $BomVersion not found in $pomPath"
-    exit 1
-  }
-
-  $currentVersion = $pomProfile.properties.'jenkins.version'
-  if ($null -ne $currentVersion -and $currentVersion -ne $JenkinsVersion) {
-    $changed = $true
-    $pomProfile.Properties.'jenkins.version' = $JenkinsVersion
-  }
-}
-
-if ($changed) {
-  Write-Output "$JenkinsVersion"
-
-  if ($ENV:DRY_RUN -eq $false) {
-    $utf8WithoutBom = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($false)
-    $streamWriter = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($pomPath, $false, $utf8WithoutBom)
-    $pom.Save($streamWriter)
-    $streamWriter.Close()
-    (Get-Content $pomPath) -creplace 'utf-8', 'UTF-8' | Set-Content $pomPath
-  }
-}
diff --git a/updatecli/update-plugin.ps1 b/updatecli/update-plugin.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index b82e3309e..000000000
--- a/updatecli/update-plugin.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-param(
-  [Parameter(Position=0)]
-  [string] $PomPath,
-  [Parameter(Position=1)]
-  [string] $Artifact,
-  [Parameter(Position=2)]
-  [string] $NewVersion
-)
-
-$changed = $false
-if ($null -eq $ENV:DRY_RUN) {
-  $ENV:DRY_RUN = $false
-}
-
-$pom = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument
-$pom.PreserveWhitespace = $true
-$pom.Load($PomPath)
-
-# Select Dependencies and Skip BOM
-$dependencies = $pom.Project.DependencyManagement.Dependencies.Dependency | Select-Object -Skip 1
-
-$plugins = @($dependencies | Where-Object { $_.artifactid -eq $Artifact })
-$property = $pom.project.properties."$Artifact"
-
-if ($null -ne $property -and $property -ne $NewVersion) {
-  Write-Host "1 Updating $Artifact to $NewVersion"
-  $changed = $true
-  $pom.project.properties."$Artifact" = $NewVersion
-}
-
-if ($plugins.Count -ne 0 -and $plugins[0].version -ne $NewVersion) {
-  $changed = $true
-  $plugins | ForEach-Object {
-    $_.version = $NewVersion
-  }
-}
-
-# TODO keeps on offering unwanted plugin updates in LTS lines
-$changed = $false
-
-if ($changed) {
-  Write-Output $NewVersion
-
-  if ($ENV:DRY_RUN -eq $false) {
-    $utf8WithoutBom = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($false)
-    $streamWriter = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($PomPath, $false, $utf8WithoutBom)
-    $pom.Save($streamWriter)
-    $streamWriter.Close()
-    (Get-Content $PomPath) -creplace 'utf-8', 'UTF-8' | Set-Content $PomPath
-  }
-}
diff --git a/updatecli/updatecli.d/plugin-compat-tester.yml b/updatecli/updatecli.d/plugin-compat-tester.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf33f2e55..000000000
--- a/updatecli/updatecli.d/plugin-compat-tester.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Bump `plugin-compat-tester`
-
-scms:
-  default:
-    kind: github
-    spec:
-      user: "{{ .github.user }}"
-      email: "{{ .github.email }}"
-      owner: "{{ .github.owner }}"
-      repository: "{{ .github.repository }}"
-      token: "{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}"
-      username: "{{ .github.username }}"
-      branch: "{{ .github.branch }}"
-
-sources:
-  pctVersion:
-    kind: githubrelease
-    spec:
-      owner: "jenkinsci"
-      repository: "plugin-compat-tester"
-      token: "{{ requiredEnv .github.token }}"
-      username: "{{ .github.username }}"
-
-targets:
-  setPctInPrep:
-    sourceid: pctVersion
-    name: "Change the plugin-compat-tester version"
-    kind: file
-    spec:
-      file: prep-pct.sh
-      matchpattern: >-
-        pct_version=(.*)
-      replacepattern: >-
-        pct_version={{ source `pctVersion` }}
-    scmid: default
-
-actions:
-  default:
-    kind: github/pullrequest
-    scmid: default
-    title: Bump plugin-compat-tester version to {{ source `pctVersion` }}
-    spec:
-      labels:
-        - dependencies
-        - full-test
diff --git a/updatecli/values.yaml b/updatecli/values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 971c817e8..000000000
--- a/updatecli/values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-github:
-  user: "GitHub Actions"
-  email: "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-  username: "github-actions"
-  token: "UPDATECLI_GITHUB_TOKEN"
-  owner: "jenkinsci"
-  repository: "bom"
-  branch: "master"