diff --git a/admin-system/renovate.yaml b/admin-system/renovate.yaml
index 49f099c..191c846 100644
--- a/admin-system/renovate.yaml
+++ b/admin-system/renovate.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #        -slim suffix was retired after v37.440.x, so we pin the plain tag)
 #
 # PILOT SCOPE (intentionally narrow):
-#   Runs weekly (Sun 04:00 Europe/Budapest) as a CronJob and opens
+#   Runs weekly (Sat 02:00 Europe/Budapest) as a CronJob and opens
 #   dependency-update PRs against admin/homelab-manifests on Gitea.
 #   Only the `kubernetes` and `helm-values` managers are enabled, and a
 #   default-deny packageRule limits updates to exactly four pilot images:
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: renovate
     app.kubernetes.io/version: "43.197.0"
 spec:
-  schedule: "0 4 * * 0"
+  # Sat 02:00 Europe/Budapest — leaves the full weekend for troubleshooting
+  # if a Renovate-merged update breaks something.
+  schedule: "0 2 * * 6"
   timeZone: "Europe/Budapest"
   concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
   successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3