diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 7fd426822..93b6092b3 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@
       matchManagers: ["cargo"],
       enabled: false,
     },
+    {
+      // Disable updates of actions used by `.github/workflows/release.yml`;
+      // these action pins are managed by dist-workspace.toml
+      matchFileNames: [".github/workflows/release.yml"],
+      matchManagers: ["github-actions"],
+      enabled: false,
+    },
     {
       // Create dedicated branches to update references to dependencies in the documentation.
       matchFileNames: ["docs/**/*.md"],