diff --git a/.woodpecker/.release.yml b/.woodpecker/.release.yml
index 31dcef6..0f629b7 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/.release.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/.release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pipeline:
       dockerfile: contrib/docker/Dockerfile.apache
       tags:
         - ${VERSION}
+        - release
         - latest
     when:
       branch: main
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ pipeline:
       dockerfile: contrib/docker/Dockerfile.apache
       tags:
         - ${VERSION}
+        - release
         - latest
     when:
       branch: main
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 5ca634e..5e5ceff 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
       "depNameTemplate": "https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed.git",
       "versioningTemplate": "git",
       "datasourceTemplate": "git-refs"
+    },
+    {
+      "fileMatch": [
+        ".woodpecker/.release.yml"
+      ],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "\\s+matrix:\\s+VERSION:[-\\s]+(?<currentValue>.*?)\\s+"
+      ],
+      "versioningTemplate": "loose",
+      "depNameTemplate": "pixelfed/pixelfed",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
     }
   ]
 }