diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4aca3322a1d..00000000000
--- a/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": ["github>netlify/renovate-config:default"],
-  "ignorePresets": [":prHourlyLimit2"],
-  "semanticCommits": true,
-  "masterIssue": true,
-  "packageRules": [
-    {
-      "packagePatterns": ["^@netlify", "^netlify"],
-      "groupName": "netlify packages",
-      "schedule": null
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c95a03c7887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  extends: ['github>netlify/renovate-config:default'],
+  ignorePresets: [':prHourlyLimit2'],
+  semanticCommits: true,
+  masterIssue: true,
+  packageRules: [
+    {
+      packagePatterns: ['^@netlify', '^netlify'],
+      groupName: 'netlify packages',
+      schedule: null,
+    },
+    {
+      // Those cannot be upgraded to a major version until we drop support for Node 8
+      packageNames: ['eslint', 'ava', 'globby', '@octokit/rest', 'chalk', 'prettier'],
+      major: {
+        enabled: false,
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+}