diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index fd04254871ede..9e6851b749190 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 
 - `fluxus` has been removed, as it depends on `racket_7_9` and had no updates in 9 years.
 
+- `renovate` was updated to v39. See the [upstream release notes](https://docs.renovatebot.com/release-notes-for-major-versions/#version-39) for breaking changes.
+  Like upstream's docker images, renovate now runs on NodeJS 22.
+
 - The behavior of the `networking.nat.externalIP` and `networking.nat.externalIPv6` options has been changed. `networking.nat.forwardPorts` now only forwards packets destined for the specified IP addresses.
 
 - `nodePackages.meshcommander` has been removed, as the package was deprecated by Intel.
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/renovate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/renovate/package.nix
index 2d47c1e879491..c772d0460fad9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/renovate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/renovate/package.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   xcbuild,
   nixosTests,
   nix-update-script,
+  yq-go,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -20,13 +21,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "renovate";
-  version = "38.105.2";
+  version = "39.42.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "renovatebot";
     repo = "renovate";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-gF8bxzNF1AUJJDxFdNfa+sr/TP0S4uLCXyu3tjRuBjc=";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-M1QzvYMrs39ELc2tkazwDPbCPHqfqzde2hbMvg34m0A=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -39,11 +40,12 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     nodejs
     pnpm_9.configHook
     python3
+    yq-go
   ] ++ lib.optional stdenv'.hostPlatform.isDarwin xcbuild;
 
   pnpmDeps = pnpm_9.fetchDeps {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
-    hash = "sha256-AdNleEe1wVBfhhoM6xit06ql1xEz/TLhZ7qpofwQ874=";
+    hash = "sha256-14E1v2HLFdbkxFnSPQnuwb+zyPXaczAp1Ab0EC65luc=";
   };
 
   env.COREPACK_ENABLE_STRICT = 0;
@@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ stdenv'.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ''
       runHook preBuild
 
+      # relax nodejs version
+      yq '.engines.node = "${nodejs.version}"' -i package.json
+
       pnpm build
       pnpm prune --prod --ignore-scripts
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 79cb0c847789a..643a1e65738ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10659,6 +10659,10 @@ with pkgs;
   librdf_redland = callPackage ../development/libraries/librdf/redland.nix { };
   redland = librdf_redland; # added 2018-04-25
 
+  renovate = callPackage ../by-name/re/renovate/package.nix {
+    nodejs = nodejs_22;
+  };
+
   qradiolink = callPackage ../applications/radio/qradiolink {
     protobuf = protobuf_21;
   };