diff --git a/kubernetes/app/gitea/release.yaml b/kubernetes/app/gitea/release.yaml
index dddad70..35c970c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/app/gitea/release.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/app/gitea/release.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ spec:
         type: RuntimeDefault
 
     image:
+      repository: gitea/gitea
+      tag: 1.26.1-rootless
+      digest: sha256:4c4256497e2e237ddebdd30986c7ce52cb6f936b3e90c34bb9f4665714599f62
       rootless: true
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/app/gitea/renovate.json b/kubernetes/app/gitea/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8c7c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/app/gitea/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "customManagers": [
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "description": "Apply an explicit gitea digest field match",
+      "fileMatch": ["values\\.ya?ml"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "(?<depName>gitea\\/gitea)\\n(?<indentation>\\s+)tag: (?<currentValue>[^@].*?)\\n\\s+digest: (?<currentDigest>sha256:[a-f0-9]+)"
+      ],
+      "datasourceTemplate": "docker",
+      "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}\n{{indentation}}tag: {{newValue}}\n{{indentation}}digest: {{#if newDigest}}{{{newDigest}}}{{else}}{{{currentDigest}}}{{/if}}"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "matchFileNames": ["kubernetes/app/gitea/**"],
+      "semanticCommitScope": "k8s/gitea"
+    },
+    {
+      "matchFileNames": ["kubernetes/app/gitea/**"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["gitea/gitea"],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": ["patch", "minor"],
+      "automerge": true
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Ignore infrastructure images (resticprofile)",
+      "matchFileNames": ["kubernetes/app/gitea/**"],
+      "matchPackageNames": ["creativeprojects/resticprofile"],
+      "enabled": false
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 868735c..a9bea1d 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
     ":semanticCommits",
     "local>oleksandr/homelab//kubernetes/app/jellyfin/renovate.json",
     "local>oleksandr/homelab//kubernetes/app/media/renovate.json",
-    "local>oleksandr/homelab//kubernetes/app/immich/renovate.json"
+    "local>oleksandr/homelab//kubernetes/app/immich/renovate.json",
+    "local>oleksandr/homelab//kubernetes/app/gitea/renovate.json"
   ],
   "enabledManagers": ["kubernetes", "custom.regex"],
   "automergeType": "branch",