diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 260d016c8..dfcfa2b65 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@
       "matchPackageNames": [
         "excalidraw/excalidraw",
         "searxng/searxng",
-        "d3fk/s3cmd",
-        "ghcr.io/linuxserver/lidarr"
+        "d3fk/s3cmd"
       ],
       "addLabels": [
         "automerge"
@@ -160,7 +159,17 @@
       "minimumReleaseAge": "3 days"
     },
     {
-      "description": "Automerge images, specific packages",
+      "description": "Disable automerge for ghcr docker dependencies, unsupported release age",
+      "matchDatasources": [
+        "docker"
+      ],
+      "matchPackageNames": [
+        "/^ghcr\\.io//"
+      ],
+      "automerge": false
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Automerge images, specific packages, without release age",
       "matchUpdateTypes": [
         "minor"
       ],
@@ -172,8 +181,7 @@
         "{{{datasource}}}",
         "automerge"
       ],
-      "automerge": true,
-      "minimumReleaseAge": "3 days"
+      "automerge": true
     }
   ]
 }