diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-approver.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-approver.yaml
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+name: auto-approver
+run-name: CI for approving PRs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "renovate/**"
+
+jobs:
+  autoapprove:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3
+      - name: Approve PR
+        run: |
+          gh pr review --approve || true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Enable automerge if required
+        run: |
+          if [[ $(gh pr view --json body | grep "\*\*Automerge\*\*: Enabled") ]]; then
+            gh pr merge --auto --merge || true
+          fi
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yaml b/.github/workflows/renovate-approve.yaml
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-name: renovate-approve
-run-name: CI for approving renovate PRs
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - "renovate/**"
-
-jobs:
-  autoapprove:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Approve PR
-        run: |
-          gh pr review --approve || true
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml b/.github/workflows/renovate.yaml
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-# workflow for checking package versions and opening PRs to bump
-name: Renovate
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  renovate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Self-hosted Renovate
-        uses: renovatebot/github-action@23a02fe7be9e93f857a953cc8162e57d2c8401ef # v39.0.1
-        with:
-          configurationFile: renovate-config.js
-          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/renovate-config.js b/renovate-config.js
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--- a/renovate-config.js
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-module.exports = {
-  branchPrefix: 'renovate/',
-  dryRun: null,
-  username: 'renovate-release',
-  gitAuthor: 'Renovate Bot <bot@renovateapp.com>',
-  onboarding: true,
-  platform: 'github',
-  includeForks: true,
-  repositories: ['canonical/hydra-rock'],
-}