diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index f9fd4405..ef25e456 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   $schema: 'https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json',
   enabled: true,
-  gitAuthor: 'cert-manager-bot <cert-manager-bot@users.noreply.github.com>',
+  gitAuthor: 'Renovate Bot <renovate-bot@users.noreply.github.com>',
+  recreateWhen: 'always', // TODO: Remove; temporary fix to force Renovate to ignore "foreign" commits
   enabledManagers: [
     'custom.regex',
     'github-actions',
diff --git a/modules/repository-base/base-dependabot/.github/renovate.json5 b/modules/repository-base/base-dependabot/.github/renovate.json5
index 1ad3407a..bd8871c6 100644
--- a/modules/repository-base/base-dependabot/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/modules/repository-base/base-dependabot/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 {
   $schema: 'https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json',
   enabled: true,
-  gitAuthor: 'cert-manager-bot <cert-manager-bot@users.noreply.github.com>',
+  gitAuthor: 'Renovate Bot <renovate-bot@users.noreply.github.com>',
+  recreateWhen: 'always', // TODO: Remove; temporary fix to force Renovate to ignore "foreign" commits
   enabledManagers: [
     'gomod',
   ],