diff --git a/.github/renovate-config.js b/.github/renovate-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfffe5c4c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/renovate-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+const labels = {
+  tech: {
+    python: "🐍 tech: python",
+    javascript: "🟨 tech: javascript",
+  },
+
+  stack: {
+    api: "🧱 stack: api",
+    catalog: "🧱 stack: catalog",
+    ingestionServer: "🧱 stack: ingestion server",
+    documentation: "🧱 stack: documentation",
+    frontend: "🧱 stack: frontend",
+    mgmt: "🧱 stack: mgmt",
+    infra: "🧱 stack: infra",
+  },
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  branchPrefix: "gha-renovate",
+  username: "openverse-bot",
+  gitAuthor: "Openverse Bot <openverse@wordpress.org>",
+  onboarding: false,
+  platform: "github",
+  repositories: ["WordPress/openverse"],
+  extends: [
+    "config:recommended",
+    ":preserveSemverRanges",
+    ":automergeMinor",
+    ":automergePr",
+    "schedule:monthly",
+    "group:monorepos",
+  ],
+  prCommitsPerRunLimit: 3,
+  labels: [
+    "dependencies",
+    "💻 aspect: code",
+    "🧰 goal: internal improvement",
+    "🟩 priority: low",
+  ],
+  packageRules: [
+    {
+      matchDatasources: ["docker"],
+      addLabels: ["🐳 tech: docker"],
+    },
+    {
+      groupName: "workflows",
+      matchFileNames: [
+        ".github/{actions,workflows}/**",
+        "automations/**",
+        ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+      ],
+      matchManagers: ["pre-commit", "github-actions"],
+      addLabels: [labels.stack.mgmt],
+    },
+    {
+      matchDatasources: ["pypi"],
+      addLabels: [labels.tech.python],
+    },
+    {
+      matchDatasources: ["npm"],
+      addLabels: [labels.tech.javascript],
+    },
+    {
+      matchFileNames: ["{frontend,packages}/**"],
+      addLabels: [labels.stack.frontend],
+    },
+    {
+      matchFileNames: ["api/**"],
+      addLabels: [labels.stack.api],
+    },
+    {
+      matchFileNames: ["ingestion_server/**"],
+      addLabels: [labels.stack.ingestionServer],
+    },
+    {
+      matchFileNames: ["catalog/**"],
+      addLabels: [labels.stack.catalog],
+    },
+    {
+      matchFileNames: ["documentation/**"],
+      addLabels: [labels.stack.documentation],
+    },
+
+    // Grouped dependencies
+    {
+      groupName: "python dev dependencies",
+      matchDepTypes: ["dev-packages"],
+      matchManagers: ["pipenv"],
+      matchFileNames: ["api/**", "ingestion_server/**", "documentation/**"],
+    },
+    {
+      groupName: "@openverse/eslint-plugin",
+      matchFileNames: ["packages/eslint-plugin/**"],
+    },
+    {
+      groupName: "tailwind",
+      matchPackagePatterns: ["tailwindcss"],
+    },
+    {
+      groupName: "@testing-library",
+      matchPackagePrefixes: ["@testing-library"],
+    },
+  ],
+  forkProcessing: "disabled",
+  // Needed to enable `pnpmfile.cjs`
+  allowScripts: true,
+  // Enable support for updating pre-commit hooks
+  "pre-commit": { enabled: true },
+}
diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c26690d1eb7..00000000000
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "branchPrefix": "gha-renovate",
-  "username": "openverse-bot",
-  "gitAuthor": "Openverse Bot <openverse@wordpress.org>",
-  "onboarding": false,
-  "platform": "github",
-  "repositories": ["WordPress/openverse"],
-  "extends": ["config:base", ":preserveSemverRanges", "schedule:monthly"],
-  "prCommitsPerRunLimit": 3,
-  "labels": [
-    "dependencies",
-    "💻 aspect: code",
-    "🧰 goal: internal improvement",
-    "🟩 priority: low"
-  ],
-  "packageRules": [
-    {
-      "matchDatasources": ["docker"],
-      "labels": ["🐳 tech: docker"]
-    }
-  ],
-  "ignorePaths": ["package.json"],
-  "includeForks": false
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
index 5fa4c82f99a..53141fd7c19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,29 @@
 name: Renovate
 on:
+  # This lets you dispatch a renovate job with different cache options if you want to reset or disable the cache manually.
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      repoCache:
+        description: "Reset or disable the cache?"
+        type: choice
+        default: enabled
+        options:
+          - enabled
+          - disabled
+          - reset
   schedule:
-    # The "*" (#42, asterisk) character has special semantics in YAML, so this
-    # string has to be quoted.
-    - cron: "0/15 * * * *"
+    # Run every 30 minutes:
+    - cron: "0,30 * * * *"
+
+# Adding these as env variables makes it easy to re-use them in different steps and in bash.
+env:
+  cache_archive: renovate_cache.tar.gz
+  # This is the dir renovate provides -- if we set our own directory via cacheDir, we can run into permissions issues.
+  # It is also possible to cache a higher level of the directory, but it has minimal benefit. While renovate execution
+  # time gets faster, it also takes longer to upload the cache as it grows bigger.
+  cache_dir: /tmp/renovate/cache/renovate/repository
+  # This can be manually changed to bust the cache if necessary.
+  cache_key: renovate-cache
 
 jobs:
   renovate:
@@ -12,7 +31,65 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'WordPress/openverse'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # This third party action allows you to download the cache artifact from different workflow runs
+      # Note that actions/cache doesn't work well because the cache key would need to be computed from
+      # a file within the cache, meaning there would never be any data to restore. With other keys, the
+      # cache wouldn't necessarily upload when it changes. actions/download-artifact also doesn't work
+      # because it only handles artifacts uploaded in the same run, and we want to restore from the
+      # previous successful run.
+      - uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
+        if: github.event.inputs.repoCache != 'disabled'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.cache_key }}
+          path: cache-download
+
+      # Using tar to compress and extract the archive isn't strictly necessary, but it can improve
+      # performance significantly when uploading artifacts with lots of files.
+      - name: Extract renovate cache
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          # Skip if no cache is set, such as the first time it runs.
+          if [ ! -d cache-download ] ; then
+            echo "No cache found."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Make sure the directory exists, and extract it there. Note that it's nested in the download directory.
+          mkdir -p "$cache_dir"
+          tar -xzf "cache-download/$cache_archive" -C "$cache_dir"
+
+          # Unfortunately, the permissions expected within renovate's docker container
+          # are different than the ones given after the cache is restored. We have to
+          # change ownership to solve this. We also need to have correct permissions in
+          # the entire /tmp/renovate tree, not just the section with the repo cache.
+          sudo chown -R runneradmin:root /tmp/renovate/
+          ls -R "$cache_dir"
+
       - uses: renovatebot/github-action@v39.1.1
         with:
-          configurationFile: .github/renovate.json
+          configurationFile: .github/renovate-config.js
           token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+        env:
+          # This enables the cache -- if this is set, it's not necessary to add it to renovate.json.
+          RENOVATE_REPOSITORY_CACHE: ${{ github.event.inputs.repoCache || 'enabled' }}
+
+      # Compression helps performance in the upload step!
+      - name: Compress renovate cache
+        run: |
+          ls "$cache_dir"
+          # The -C is important -- otherwise we end up extracting the files with
+          # their full path, ultimately leading to a nested directory situation.
+          # To solve *that*, we'd have to extract to root (/), which isn't safe.
+          tar -czvf "$cache_archive" -C "$cache_dir" .
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: github.event.inputs.repoCache != 'disabled'
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.cache_key }}
+          path: ${{ env.cache_archive }}
+          # Since this is updated and restored on every run, we don't need to keep it
+          # for long. Just make sure this value is large enough that multiple renovate
+          # runs can happen before older cache archives are deleted.
+          retention-days: 1