diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 9c78209..de29a89 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "regexManagers": [
     {
       "fileMatch": [
-        "host-.*\\.yml",
-        "host_vars/.*/vars\\.yml"
+        "(^|/|\\.)host-.*\\.yml$",
+        "^host_vars/.*/vars\\.yml$"
       ],
       "datasourceTemplate": "docker",
       "versioningTemplate": "docker",