diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 84da8d0..0000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-
-  - package-ecosystem: docker
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fb913e..0000000
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-change:
-  - head-branch: ["^change/"]
-
-enhancement:
-  - head-branch: ["^feature/", "^feat/", "^enhancement/", "^enh/"]
-
-bug:
-  - head-branch: ["^fix/", "^bug/"]
-
-chore:
-  - head-branch: ["^chore/"]
-
-documentation:
-  - head-branch: ["^docs/", "^doc/"]
-  - changed-files:
-      - any-glob-to-any-file: "**/*.md"
-
-dependencies:
-  - head-branch: ["^deps/", "^dep/", "^dependabot/"]
-  - changed-files:
-      - any-glob-to-any-file: ["go.mod", "go.sum"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dbcf1a..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-name: Dependabot auto-merge
-on: pull_request_target
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  dependabot:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Dependabot metadata
-        id: dependabot-metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@dbb049abf0d677abbd7f7eee0375145b417fdd34 # v2.2.0
-
-      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NGINX_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index c210108..e56a9a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,18 @@ jobs:
   triage:
     permissions:
       contents: read
-      pull-requests: write
+      pull-requests: write # for actions/labeler to add labels
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            labeler.yml
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+          repository: nginxinc/k8s-common
+
       - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9 # v5.0.0
         with:
           repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           sync-labels: true
+          configuration-path: labeler.yml
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 518db12..0bda213 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ repos:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: check-yaml
         args: [--allow-multiple-documents]
-      - id: check-ast
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
@@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ repos:
       - id: mixed-line-ending
         args: [--fix=lf]
       - id: no-commit-to-branch
-      - id: requirements-txt-fixer
       - id: fix-byte-order-marker
+      - id: detect-private-key
 
   - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
     rev: v8.18.4
@@ -39,3 +38,6 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.35.1
     hooks:
       - id: yamllint
+
+ci:
+  autoupdate_schedule: quarterly # We use renovate for more frequent updates and there's no way to disable autoupdate