diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index ef79f8a6b7..9a97b61933 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@
       ],
       "extends": ["schedule:quarterly"]
     },
+    {
+      "description": "devcontainer is an optional tool used by some Forgejo contributors when working on the codebase",
+      "matchPackagePrefixes": [
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/",
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/"
+      ],
+      "groupName": "devcontainer packages",
+      "extends": ["schedule:quarterly"],
+      "automerge": true
+    },
     {
       "description": "Group golang packages",
       "matchDepNames": [
@@ -147,8 +157,6 @@
         "@playwright/",
         "@stoplight/spectral-cli",
         "@stylistic/",
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/",
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/",
         "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/"
       ],
       "automerge": true