diff --git a/admin-system/renovate.yaml b/admin-system/renovate.yaml
index 6db701a..63bd52d 100644
--- a/admin-system/renovate.yaml
+++ b/admin-system/renovate.yaml
@@ -90,13 +90,6 @@ data:
           ],
           "automerge": false
         },
-        {
-          "description": "termix: use github-releases as datasource (ghcr.io OCI manifest for this image lacks the release timestamp Renovate needs for the stability gate; GitHub Releases at Termix-SSH/Termix expose proper timestamps so the 3-day gate works as intended). regex versioning parses the release-X.Y.Z prefix. Renovate still writes the new tag to the same ghcr.io/lukegus/termix image (the registry hosts every release).",
-          "matchPackageNames": ["ghcr.io/lukegus/termix"],
-          "datasource": "github-releases",
-          "packageName": "Termix-SSH/Termix",
-          "versioning": "regex:^release-(?<major>\\d+)\\.(?<minor>\\d+)\\.(?<patch>\\d+)$"
-        },
         {
           "description": "wanderer: db + web update together in one PR",
           "matchPackageNames": ["flomp/wanderer-db", "flomp/wanderer-web"],
diff --git a/termix-system/termix.yaml b/termix-system/termix.yaml
index bbef769..8852669 100644
--- a/termix-system/termix.yaml
+++ b/termix-system/termix.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: termix
+          # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=Termix-SSH/Termix versioning=loose extractVersion=^release-(?<version>.+)$
           image: ghcr.io/lukegus/termix:release-1.11.0
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           ports: