diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json5
similarity index 92%
rename from renovate.json
rename to renovate.json5
index 5d78e56c20..f6c59f6b05 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@
       "matchPaths": ["src/shippingservice"],
       "groupName": "shippingservice",
       "assigneesFromCodeOwners": true
+    },
+    {
+      // intentionally using Java 11 in some examples
+      // not using matchUpdateTypes "major", because renovate wants to bump "11-jre" to "11.0.19_7-jre"
+      "matchPackageNames": ["eclipse-temurin"],
+      "enabled": false
     }
   ]
 }
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