diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..21df347cf038f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": ["config:base", ":disableDependencyDashboard"],
+  "ignorePaths": ["**/__fixtures__/**", "**/fixtures/**"],
+  "enabledManagers": ["npm"],
+  "baseBranches": ["main", "7.16", "7.15"],
+  "prConcurrentLimit": 0,
+  "prHourlyLimit": 0,
+  "separateMajorMinor": false,
+  "rangeStrategy": "bump",
+  "semanticCommits": "disabled",
+  "vulnerabilityAlerts": {
+    "enabled": false
+  },
+  "lockFileMaintenance": {
+    "enabled": false
+  },
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "matchPackagePatterns": [".*"],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "@elastic/charts",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@elastic/charts"],
+      "reviewers": ["team:datavis"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["main"],
+      "labels": ["release_note:skip", "v8.0.0", "v7.16.0", "auto-backport"],
+      "draftPR": true,
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "@elastic/elasticsearch",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@elastic/elasticsearch"],
+      "reviewers": ["team:kibana-operations", "team:kibana-core"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["main"],
+      "labels": ["release_note:skip", "v8.0.0", "Team:Operations", "Team:Core", "backport:skip"],
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "@elastic/elasticsearch",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@elastic/elasticsearch"],
+      "reviewers": ["team:kibana-operations", "team:kibana-core"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["7.16"],
+      "labels": ["release_note:skip", "Team:Operations", "Team:Core", "backport:skip"],
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "@elastic/elasticsearch",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@elastic/elasticsearch"],
+      "reviewers": ["team:kibana-operations", "team:kibana-core"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["7.15"],
+      "labels": ["release_note:skip", "Team:Operations", "Team:Core", "backport:skip"],
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "babel",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@types/babel__core"],
+      "matchPackagePatterns": ["^@babel", "^babel-plugin"],
+      "reviewers": ["team:kibana-operations"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["main"],
+      "labels": ["Team:Operations", "release_note:skip"],
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "polyfills",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["core-js"],
+      "matchPackagePatterns": ["polyfill"],
+      "excludePackageNames": ["@loaders.gl/polyfills"],
+      "reviewers": ["team:kibana-operations"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["main"],
+      "labels": ["Team:Operations", "release_note:skip"],
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "vega related modules",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["vega", "vega-lite", "vega-schema-url-parser", "vega-tooltip"],
+      "reviewers": ["team:kibana-vis-editors"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["main"],
+      "labels": ["Feature:Vega", "Team:VisEditors"],
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "cypress",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["eslint-plugin-cypress"],
+      "matchPackagePatterns": ["^cypress"],
+      "reviewers": ["Team:apm", "Team: SecuritySolution"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["main"],
+      "labels": ["buildkite-ci", "ci:all-cypress-suites"],
+      "enabled": true
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "platform security modules",
+      "matchPackageNames": [
+        "broadcast-channel",
+        "node-forge",
+        "@types/node-forge",
+        "require-in-the-middle",
+        "tough-cookie",
+        "@types/tough-cookie",
+        "xml-crypto",
+        "@types/xml-crypto"
+      ],
+      "reviewers": ["team:kibana-security"],
+      "matchBaseBranches": ["main"],
+      "labels": ["Team:Security", "release_note:skip", "auto-backport"],
+      "enabled": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
deleted file mode 100644
index d979b24f1fe09..0000000000000
--- a/renovate.json5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-{
-  extends: [
-    'config:base',
-    ':disableDependencyDashboard',
-  ],
-  ignorePaths: [
-    '**/__fixtures__/**',
-    '**/fixtures/**',
-  ],
-  enabledManagers: [
-    'npm',
-  ],
-  baseBranches: [
-    'main',
-    '7.16',
-    '7.15',
-  ],
-  prConcurrentLimit: 0,
-  prHourlyLimit: 0,
-  separateMajorMinor: false,
-  rangeStrategy: 'bump',
-  semanticCommits: false,
-  vulnerabilityAlerts: {
-    enabled: false,
-  },
-  npm: {
-    lockFileMaintenance: {
-      enabled: false,
-    },
-    packageRules: [
-      {
-        packagePatterns: [
-          '.*',
-        ],
-        enabled: false,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: '@elastic/charts',
-        packageNames: ['@elastic/charts'],
-        reviewers: ['team:datavis'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['main'],
-        labels: ['release_note:skip', 'v8.0.0', 'v7.16.0', 'auto-backport'],
-        draftPR: true,
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: '@elastic/elasticsearch',
-        packageNames: ['@elastic/elasticsearch'],
-        reviewers: ['team:kibana-operations', 'team:kibana-core'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['main'],
-        labels: ['release_note:skip', 'v8.0.0', 'Team:Operations', 'Team:Core', 'backport:skip'],
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: '@elastic/elasticsearch',
-        packageNames: ['@elastic/elasticsearch'],
-        reviewers: ['team:kibana-operations', 'team:kibana-core'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['7.16'],
-        labels: ['release_note:skip', 'Team:Operations', 'Team:Core', 'backport:skip'],
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: '@elastic/elasticsearch',
-        packageNames: ['@elastic/elasticsearch'],
-        reviewers: ['team:kibana-operations', 'team:kibana-core'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['7.15'],
-        labels: ['release_note:skip', 'Team:Operations', 'Team:Core', 'backport:skip'],
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: 'babel',
-        packageNames: ['@types/babel__core'],
-        matchPackagePatterns: ["^@babel", "^babel-plugin"],
-        reviewers: ['team:kibana-operations'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['main'],
-        labels: ['Team:Operations', 'release_note:skip'],
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: 'polyfills',
-        packageNames: ['core-js'],
-        matchPackagePatterns: ["polyfill"],
-        excludePackageNames: ['@loaders.gl/polyfills'],
-        reviewers: ['team:kibana-operations'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['main'],
-        labels: ['Team:Operations', 'release_note:skip'],
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: 'vega related modules',
-        packageNames: ['vega', 'vega-lite', 'vega-schema-url-parser', 'vega-tooltip'],
-        reviewers: ['team:kibana-vis-editors'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['main'],
-        labels: ['Feature:Vega', 'Team:VisEditors'],
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-      {
-        groupName: 'cypress',
-        packageNames: ['eslint-plugin-cypress'],
-        matchPackagePatterns: ["^cypress"],
-        reviewers: ['Team:apm', 'Team: SecuritySolution'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['main'],
-        labels: ['buildkite-ci', 'ci:all-cypress-suites'],
-        enabled: true,
-      }
-      {
-        groupName: 'platform security modules',
-        packageNames: [
-          'broadcast-channel',
-          'node-forge', '@types/node-forge',
-          'require-in-the-middle',
-          'tough-cookie', '@types/tough-cookie',
-          'xml-crypto', '@types/xml-crypto'
-        ],
-        reviewers: ['team:kibana-security'],
-        matchBaseBranches: ['main'],
-        labels: ['Team:Security', 'release_note:skip', 'auto-backport'],
-        enabled: true,
-      },
-    ],
-  },
-}