diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 7af168e7f95044..60d3486607567c 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -28,4 +28,13 @@
     // breaking changes
     "kill-port", // `kill-port:^2.0.0 has perf issues (#8392)
   ],
+  "customManagers": [
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "fileMatch": ["packages\/create-vite\/src\/index\\.ts$"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "\/\/\\s*renovate:\\s+datasource=(?<datasource>\\S+)\\s+depName=(?<depName>\\S+)\\s+(?:var|let|const)\\s+\\S+\\s*=\\s*[\"'](?<currentValue>[^\"']+)[\"']",
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts b/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts
index 931c0b3d03268f..ae6edf123f0c0b 100755
--- a/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-vite/src/index.ts
@@ -593,10 +593,13 @@ function pkgFromUserAgent(userAgent: string | undefined): PkgInfo | undefined {
 }
 
 function setupReactSwc(root: string, isTs: boolean) {
+  // renovate: datasource=npm depName=@vitejs/plugin-react-swc
+  const reactSwcPluginVersion = '3.7.2'
+
   editFile(path.resolve(root, 'package.json'), (content) => {
     return content.replace(
       /"@vitejs\/plugin-react": ".+?"/,
-      `"@vitejs/plugin-react-swc": "^3.7.2"`,
+      `"@vitejs/plugin-react-swc": "^${reactSwcPluginVersion}"`,
     )
   })
   editFile(