diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
index 21bad1e673..dfb9fec7b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
       - '[0-9]+.[1-9][0-9]*.x'
 env:
   GO_VERSION: "~1.19"
-  # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
   CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION: "v0.9.2"
   ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION: "1.24.2"
   SCHEDULER_COMPATIBLE_K8S_VERSION: "v0.24.3"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
index 43810070c9..533ceb0874 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 env:
   GO_VERSION: "~1.19"
   # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kudobuilder/kuttl
-  KUTTL_VERSION: "0.13.0"
+  KUTTL_VERSION: "v0.13.0"
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Download KUTTL
         run: |
-          curl -fL https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/releases/download/v${{ env.KUTTL_VERSION }}/kubectl-kuttl_${{ env.KUTTL_VERSION }}_linux_x86_64 -o kubectl-kuttl
+          curl -fL https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/releases/download/${{ env.KUTTL_VERSION }}/kubectl-kuttl_${KUTTL_VERSION#v}_linux_x86_64 -o kubectl-kuttl
           chmod +x kubectl-kuttl
           mv kubectl-kuttl /usr/local/bin
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 739b87a50a..2ba95db5b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ defaults:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: "~1.19"
-  # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
+  # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
   CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION: "v0.9.2"
   SCHEDULER_COMPATIBLE_K8S_VERSION: "v0.24.3"
 
diff --git a/operator/Makefile b/operator/Makefile
index 0af9b20807..055008bc0e 100644
--- a/operator/Makefile
+++ b/operator/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION=1.24.2
 ## Tool Versions
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION?=v4.5.7
-# renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION?=v0.10.0
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index e940520b57..fbe2262665 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
     {
       "fileMatch": [
         "(^|\\/)Makefile$",
-        "^\\.github\\/.*\\/.*\\.ya?ml$"
+        "(^|\\/).*\\.ya?ml$"
       ],
       "matchStrings": [
-        "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>.+?) depName=(?<depName>.+?)\\s.*?_VERSION ?\\??= ?(?<currentValue>.+?)?\\s"
+        "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>.+?) depName=(?<depName>.+?)\\s.*?_VERSION ?(\\??=|\\: ?) ?\\\"?(?<currentValue>.+?)?\\\"?\\s"
       ]
     }
   ]