diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55f99c9..0000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
-# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
-# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
-# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip" # See documentation for possible values
-    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
-    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8c880b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "extends": [
+    "config:base"
+  ],
+  "labels": [
+    "dependencies"
+  ],
+  "pip_requirements": {
+    "fileMatch": [
+      "^requirements.*\\.txt$"
+    ],
+    "groupName": "all dependencies",
+    "groupSlug": "all",
+    "packageRules": [
+      {
+        "groupName": "all dependencies",
+        "groupSlug": "all",
+        "matchPackagePatterns": [
+          "*"
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "prCreation": "not-pending",
+  "prHourlyLimit": 2,
+  "pre-commit": {
+    "schedule": [
+      "after 10am and before 4pm every 3 months on the first day of the month"
+    ],
+    "stabilityDays": 10
+  },
+  "schedule": [
+    "after 7am and before 4pm every monday"
+  ],
+  "stabilityDays": 2,
+  "timezone": "Europe/London"
+}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0b21e90..ff95f92 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   rev: v2.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: check-ast
+  - id: check-json
   - id: check-yaml
   - id: flake8
     args: ['--max-line-length=88', '--select=E401,E711,E712,E713,E714,E721,E722,E901,F401,F402,F403,F405,F631,F632,F633,F811,F812,F821,F822,F841,F901,W191,W291,W292,W293,W602,W603,W604,W605,W606']