diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
index 6216269a..b9365474 100644
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     // since that will cause a never-ending cycle of dependency updates.
     {
       "description": "don't bump scratch-render version when updating scratch-vm",
-      "automerge": false, // disable this once scratch-render uses semantic-release instead of date-based versioning
+      "automerge": true,
       "matchPackageNames": ["scratch-vm"],
       "semanticCommitType": "test" // scratch-vm is a dependency of scratch-render tests only
     }