diff --git a/host-pottwal.yml b/host-pottwal.yml
index f6db66c..5816f36 100644
--- a/host-pottwal.yml
+++ b/host-pottwal.yml
@@ -529,6 +529,13 @@
         proxy_preserve_host: "On"
       notify: Restart apache2
 
+    - name: Ensure renovate bot cronjob is present
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: templates/pottwal/renovate-cron.j2
+        dest: /etc/cron.hourly/renovate-bot
+        mode: "0700"
+      notify: reload cron
+
   handlers:
     - name: Restart prosody
       community.docker.docker_container:
@@ -541,3 +548,11 @@
         name: apache2
         state: restarted
 
+    - name: reload cron
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: service cron reload
+        warn: no
+    # Use the shell call because the task sometimes has problems finding the service state
+    #  service:
+    #    name: cron
+    #    state: restarted
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vars.yml b/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vars.yml
index 6e0662a..53b68c7 100644
--- a/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vars.yml
+++ b/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vars.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,8 @@ grafana_admin_password: "{{ vault_grafana_admin_password }}"
 homebox_host_port: 8092
 homebox_domain_name: inventory.n39.eu
 homebox_image: ghcr.io/hay-kot/homebox:v0.9.2
+
+renovate_image: renovate/renovate:36.25.0
+renovate_forgejo_pat: "{{ vault_renovate_forgejo_pat }}"
+renovate_github_pat: "{{ vault_renovate_github_pat }}"
+renovate_git_user: "Renovate Bot <accounts+renovatebot@netz39.de>"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vault b/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vault
index 422b1e7..25d8476 100644
--- a/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vault
+++ b/host_vars/pottwal.n39.eu/vault
@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
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diff --git a/templates/pottwal/renovate-cron.j2 b/templates/pottwal/renovate-cron.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74a2874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/pottwal/renovate-cron.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+docker run --rm \
+	-e RENOVATE_TOKEN={{ renovate_forgejo_pat }} \
+	-e RENOVATE_ENDPOINT=https://{{ forgejo_domain_name }}/api/v1 \
+	-e RENOVATE_PLATFORM=gitea \
+	-e RENOVATE_GIT_AUTHOR={{ renovate_git_user | quote }} \
+	-e GITHUB_COM_TOKEN={{ renovate_github_pat }} \
+	{{ renovate_image }} --autodiscover
\ No newline at end of file