diff --git a/.github/actions/renovate-readiness/action.yaml b/.github/actions/renovate-readiness/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93545a000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/renovate-readiness/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
+
+name: renovate-readiness
+description: "Check if Renovate PRs are ready for testing"
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    # This is current a stub for future logic that would auto-detect readiness
+    # In lieu of that, we require an engineer to review changes and manually add the `renovate-ready` label
+    - name: Check if PR has the ready label
+      if: ${{ ! contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'renovate-ready') }}
+      run: |
+        echo "This PR is not ready to run CI. Failing job."
+        exit 1
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkpoint.yaml b/.github/workflows/checkpoint.yaml
index b80cd0276..0ef03c6cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkpoint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkpoint.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ name: Checkpoint UDS Core
 on:
   pull_request:
     # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
-    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # labeled is added here to allow for "manual" triggering of CI on renovate PRs
+    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
     paths:
       - packages/checkpoint-dev/**
       - .github/workflows/checkpoint**
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
+      - name: Check renovate readiness
+        if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'renovate/') # Only call for Renovate PRs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/renovate-readiness
+
       - name: Environment setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-shim.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs-shim.yaml
index ac326b317..439a2d405 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-shim.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-shim.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ name: CI Docs
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
+    # labeled is added here to allow for "manual" triggering of CI on renovate PRs
+    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
     paths:
       - "**.md"
       - "**.jpg"
@@ -28,6 +30,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+
+      - name: Check renovate readiness
+        if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'renovate/') # Only call for Renovate PRs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/renovate-readiness
+
       - name: lint-check
         uses: ./.github/actions/lint-check
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-conditionals.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-conditionals.yaml
index 2244aafbc..340c12203 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-conditionals.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-conditionals.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ name: Filter
 on:
   pull_request:
     # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
-    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # labeled is added here to allow for "manual" triggering of CI on renovate PRs
+    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
     paths-ignore:
       - "**.md"
       - "**.jpg"
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout the code
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
+      - name: Check renovate readiness
+        if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'renovate/') # Only call for Renovate PRs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/renovate-readiness
+
       # Uses a custom action to filter paths for source packages.
       - name: Check src paths
         id: path-filter
diff --git a/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml
index be3678147..80d5ecb30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ name: Slim Dev
 on:
   pull_request:
     # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
-    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # labeled is added here to allow for "manual" triggering of CI on renovate PRs
+    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
     paths:
       - src/pepr/**
       - src/keycloak/**
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - name: Check renovate readiness
+        if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'renovate/') # Only call for Renovate PRs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/renovate-readiness
       - name: Environment setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - name: Deploy Slim Dev Bundle
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-aks.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-aks.yaml
index ff9a2dba7..73e5dad1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-aks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-aks.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * 0' # Every Sunday Midnight (UTC) / Saturday 5pm MT
   pull_request:
-    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
+    # labeled is added here to allow for "manual" triggering of CI on renovate PRs
+    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
     paths:
       - tasks/iac.yaml
       - .github/bundles/aks/*
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
 
+      - name: Check renovate readiness
+        if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'renovate/') # Only call for Renovate PRs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/renovate-readiness
+
       - name: Azure login
         uses: azure/login@a65d910e8af852a8061c627c456678983e180302 # v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-eks.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-eks.yaml
index c0b0cfe59..6a5f65c3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-eks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-eks.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * 0' # Every Sunday Midnight (UTC) / Saturday 5pm MT
   pull_request:
-    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
+    # labeled is added here to allow for "manual" triggering of CI on renovate PRs
+    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
     paths:
       - tasks/iac.yaml
       - .github/bundles/eks/*
@@ -44,6 +46,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
 
+      - name: Check renovate readiness
+        if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'renovate/') # Only call for Renovate PRs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/renovate-readiness
+
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e3dd6a429d7300a6a4c196c26e071d42e0343502 # v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-rke2.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-rke2.yaml
index 2187658f6..9f8012692 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-rke2.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-rke2.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * 0' # Every Sunday Midnight (UTC) / Saturday 5pm MT
   pull_request:
-    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
+    # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
+    # labeled is added here to allow for "manual" triggering of CI on renovate PRs
+    types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled]
     paths:
       - tasks/iac.yaml
       - .github/bundles/rke2/*
@@ -44,6 +46,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
 
+      - name: Check renovate readiness
+        if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'renovate/') # Only call for Renovate PRs
+        uses: ./.github/actions/renovate-readiness
+
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e3dd6a429d7300a6a4c196c26e071d42e0343502 # v4
         with: