diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 02bfd51..9304e76 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"require": {
-		"gdata/vaas": "v10.0.0",
+		"gdata/vaas": "v9.0.5",
 		"coduo/php-humanizer": "^5.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 7190a60..9dd3638 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json"
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "description": "disable major updates for the vaas dependency",
+      "matchDepNames": "gdata/vaas",
+      "enabled": false,
+      "matchUpdateTypes": ["major"]
+    }
+  ]
 }