diff --git a/.ci/prepare b/.ci/prepare
deleted file mode 100755
index c0e00aec1140b6d6fccf7522917bcf2641f57cd5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.ci/prepare
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-VERSION=`curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/tags | grep name | cut -d'"' -f4 | grep -v "rc\|develop" | grep "^$MAJOR_VERSION" | head -n1`
-
-echo "VERSION=$VERSION"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 657ab727a4393cae49c9cb8b6aaf2aae39a50d1b..2d96be76db7275ff8b5217c4a0953d7882af66b2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
 variables:
   DOCKER_HUB_REPO: libresh/rocketchat
-  MAJOR_VERSION: 4
-
-prepare:
-  stage: .pre
-  image:
-    name: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci-utils/curl-jq:latest
-    entrypoint: [""]
-  script:
-    - ./.ci/prepare > build.env
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      dotenv: build.env
+  VERSION: 4.8.3
 
 test:
   stage: test
   image:
     name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     entrypoint: [""]
-  dependencies:
-    - prepare
   script:
     - ./.ci/test_build
   except:
@@ -31,8 +18,6 @@ push:
   image:
     name: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
     entrypoint: [""]
-  dependencies:
-    - prepare
   script:
     - cp $DOCKER_SECRET_CONFIG /kaniko/.docker/config.json
     - ./.ci/build
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d3a7ce0d4bad54adc50f775332a4ad0405244d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": ["config:base", ":automergeDisabled", "docker:disableMajor"],
+  "regexManagers": [
+    {
+      "fileMatch": ["^.gitlab-ci.yml$"],
+      "matchStrings": ["VERSION: (?<currentValue>.*?)\\n"],
+      "depNameTemplate": "RocketChat/Rocket.Chat",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
+    }
+  ]
+}