diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 1fc97b390110..d7d8d9d35f53 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@
       matchManagers: ["cargo"],
       enabled: false,
     },
+    {
+      // Create dedicated branches to update references to dependencies in the documentation.
+      matchPaths: ["docs/**/*.md"],
+      commitMessageTopic: "documentation references to {{{depName}}}",
+      semanticCommitType: "docs",
+      semanticCommitScope: null,
+      additionalBranchPrefix: "docs-",
+    },
     {
       // Group upload/download artifact updates, the versions are dependent
       groupName: "Artifact GitHub Actions dependencies",
@@ -64,6 +72,18 @@
       enabled: false,
     },
   ],
+  customManagers: [
+    // Update major GitHub actions references in documentation.
+    {
+      customType: "regex",
+      fileMatch: ["^docs/.*\\.md$"],
+      matchStrings: [
+        "\\suses: (?<depName>[\\w-]+/[\\w-]+)(?<path>/.*)?@(?<currentValue>.+?)\\s",
+      ],
+      datasourceTemplate: "github-tags",
+      versioningTemplate: "regex:^v(?<major>\\d+)$",
+    },
+  ],
   vulnerabilityAlerts: {
     commitMessageSuffix: "",
     labels: ["internal", "security"],