diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5290557..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Version Update
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  update-version:
-    name: Update version in source
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          ref: main
-
-      - name: Extract version from tag
-        id: get_version
-        run: |
-          TAG="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
-          VERSION="${TAG#v}"
-          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "tag=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Update version in version.go
-        run: |
-          sed -i 's/pluginVersion = "[^"]*"/pluginVersion = "'"${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"'"/' version.go
-          cat version.go
-
-      - name: Commit, push, and retag
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add version.go
-          if git diff --cached --quiet; then
-            echo "Version already up to date, nothing to commit"
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          git commit -m "⬆️ chore: bump version to ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
-          git push origin main
-          # Move the release tag to include the version update
-          git tag -f "${{ steps.get_version.outputs.tag }}"
-          git push -f origin "${{ steps.get_version.outputs.tag }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
index f7366ca..9a29930 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Renovate
 
-# Self-hosted Renovate: opens dependency-update PRs on a weekly schedule.
+# Self-hosted Renovate: opens dependency-update PRs on a daily schedule.
 # Config lives in /renovate.json. Requires a repo/org secret RENOVATE_TOKEN
 # (a PAT with `repo` + `workflow` scope, or a fine-grained token with
 # contents:write + pull-requests:write) so Renovate can push branches and open
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ name: Renovate
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "0 4 * * 1" # every Monday at 04:00 UTC
+    - cron: "0 4 * * *" # every day at 04:00 UTC
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       logLevel:
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 51ef9ca..7a3248c 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
     }
   ],
   "customManagers": [
+    {
+      "description": "Plugin self-pin in version.go (pluginVersion)",
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "managerFilePatterns": ["/^version\\.go$/"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "pluginVersion\\s*=\\s*\"(?<currentValue>v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\""
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "maxlerebourg/crowdsec-bouncer-traefik-plugin",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-tags"
+    },
     {
       "description": "Plugin self-pin in docker-compose CLI args (--experimental.plugins.bouncer.version=vX)",
       "customType": "regex",
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 03eb0e0..f5dfdfc 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package crowdsec_bouncer_traefik_plugin //nolint:revive,stylecheck
 
-// pluginVersion is updated automatically by the release workflow.
-var pluginVersion = "1.6.X" //nolint:gochecknoglobals
+// pluginVersion is updated automatically by the release workflow and Renovate.
+var pluginVersion = "v1.6.0" //nolint:gochecknoglobals