diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
index b56531b1..77124945 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ name: Renovate
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
     - cron: '*/15 0-3 * * 1'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -11,15 +10,15 @@ jobs:
     container:
       env:
         LOG_LEVEL: debug
-        RENOVATE_ALLOWED_POST_UPGRADE_COMMANDS: '["^git", "^pip", "^copier", "^find"]'
+        RENOVATE_ALLOWED_POST_UPGRADE_COMMANDS: '["^git", "^find"]'
         RENOVATE_BRANCH_PREFIX: renovate-github/
         RENOVATE_ENABLED: ${{ vars.RENOVATE_ENABLED || true }}
-        RENOVATE_ENABLED_MANAGERS: '["pep621", "github-actions", "regex", "pre-commit"]'
+        RENOVATE_ENABLED_MANAGERS: '["pep621", "copier", "github-actions", "regex", "pre-commit"]'
         RENOVATE_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DISABLED: 'true'
         RENOVATE_PLATFORM: github
         RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES: '["${{ github.repository }}"]'
         RENOVATE_REPOSITORY_CACHE: enabled
-      image: ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:38.110.2@sha256:06665449c11c61011319ef8f1cd6e00a265d2692e84586f964ba368d4f67591d
+      image: ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39.42.4@sha256:c5d718e312cdacc0746e37f13c215ff498be28c51e50efd24c070ae29f5b636a
       options: --user root
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
diff --git a/.renovaterc.json b/.renovaterc.json
index f27be5e3..9f952622 100644
--- a/.renovaterc.json
+++ b/.renovaterc.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   ],
   "automergeType": "pr",
   "automergeStrategy": "merge-commit",
+  "ignoreScripts": false,
   "platformAutomerge": true,
   "packageRules": [
     {
@@ -93,27 +94,6 @@
         "renovate/renovate",
         "renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks"
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "commitMessageTopic": "serious-scaffold-cpp",
-      "matchDepTypes": [
-        "copier-template"
-      ],
-      "postUpgradeTasks": {
-        "commands": [
-          "git stash",
-          "pip install copier==9.3.1",
-          "copier update --defaults --vcs-ref {{{newVersion}}}"
-        ]
-      },
-      "semanticCommitScope": "copier-template"
-    },
-    {
-      "description": "Group apt packages to avoid failure when multiple packages are outdated.",
-      "groupName": "apt packages",
-      "matchDepTypes": [
-        "apt"
-      ]
     }
   ],
   "customManagers": [
@@ -159,19 +139,6 @@
       "matchStrings": [
         "\"baseline\": \"(?<currentDigest>.*?)\"[^}]+?\"repository\": \"(?<depName>.*?)\""
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "customType": "regex",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "git-tags",
-      "depNameTemplate": "https://github.com/serious-scaffold/ss-cpp.git",
-      "depTypeTemplate": "copier-template",
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^\\.copier-answers\\.yml$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "_commit: (?<currentValue>.*?)\n"
-      ],
-      "versioningTemplate": "semver"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/template/.renovaterc.json.jinja b/template/.renovaterc.json.jinja
index 53be4af8..8bea0565 100644
--- a/template/.renovaterc.json.jinja
+++ b/template/.renovaterc.json.jinja
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   ],
   "automergeType": "pr",
   "automergeStrategy": "merge-commit",
+  "ignoreScripts": false,
   "platformAutomerge": true,
   "packageRules": [
 [%- if repo_name == 'ss-cpp' %]
@@ -105,27 +106,6 @@
 [%- endif %]
         "renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks"
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "commitMessageTopic": "serious-scaffold-cpp",
-      "matchDepTypes": [
-        "copier-template"
-      ],
-      "postUpgradeTasks": {
-        "commands": [
-          "git stash",
-          "pip install copier==9.3.1",
-          "copier update --defaults --vcs-ref {{ '{{{newVersion}}}' }}"
-        ]
-      },
-      "semanticCommitScope": "copier-template"
-    },
-    {
-      "description": "Group apt packages to avoid failure when multiple packages are outdated.",
-      "groupName": "apt packages",
-      "matchDepTypes": [
-        "apt"
-      ]
     }
   ],
   "customManagers": [
@@ -173,19 +153,6 @@
       "matchStrings": [
         "\"baseline\": \"(?<currentDigest>.*?)\"[^}]+?\"repository\": \"(?<depName>.*?)\""
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "customType": "regex",
-      "datasourceTemplate": "git-tags",
-      "depNameTemplate": "https://github.com/serious-scaffold/ss-cpp.git",
-      "depTypeTemplate": "copier-template",
-      "fileMatch": [
-        "^\\.copier-answers\\.yml$"
-      ],
-      "matchStrings": [
-        "_commit: (?<currentValue>.*?)\n"
-      ],
-      "versioningTemplate": "semver"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/template/[% if repo_platform == 'github' %].github[% endif %]/workflows/renovate.yml.jinja b/template/[% if repo_platform == 'github' %].github[% endif %]/workflows/renovate.yml.jinja
index aa241684..89d56fad 100644
--- a/template/[% if repo_platform == 'github' %].github[% endif %]/workflows/renovate.yml.jinja	
+++ b/template/[% if repo_platform == 'github' %].github[% endif %]/workflows/renovate.yml.jinja	
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ name: Renovate
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
     - cron: '*/15 0-3 * * 1'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -11,15 +10,15 @@ jobs:
     container:
       env:
         LOG_LEVEL: debug
-        RENOVATE_ALLOWED_POST_UPGRADE_COMMANDS: '["^git", "^pip", "^copier", "^find"]'
+        RENOVATE_ALLOWED_POST_UPGRADE_COMMANDS: '["^git", "^find"]'
         RENOVATE_BRANCH_PREFIX: renovate-github/
         RENOVATE_ENABLED: {{ '${{ vars.RENOVATE_ENABLED || true }}' }}
-        RENOVATE_ENABLED_MANAGERS: '["pep621", "github-actions", "regex", "pre-commit"]'
+        RENOVATE_ENABLED_MANAGERS: '["pep621", "copier", "github-actions", "regex", "pre-commit"]'
         RENOVATE_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DISABLED: 'true'
         RENOVATE_PLATFORM: github
         RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES: '["{{ '${{ github.repository }}' }}"]'
         RENOVATE_REPOSITORY_CACHE: enabled
-      image: ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:38.110.2@sha256:06665449c11c61011319ef8f1cd6e00a265d2692e84586f964ba368d4f67591d
+      image: ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39.42.4@sha256:c5d718e312cdacc0746e37f13c215ff498be28c51e50efd24c070ae29f5b636a
       options: --user root
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps: