diff --git a/.github/renovate/kinds/flux.json5 b/.github/renovate/kinds/flux.json5
index 3383ab5f294..356b325c3e0 100644
--- a/.github/renovate/kinds/flux.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate/kinds/flux.json5
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     ],
     "enabled": true, // Enable Flux updates
     "updateTypes": ["major", "minor", "patch"], // Allow updates for all version types
-    "semanticCommitScope": "Flux Objects"
+    "semanticCommitScope": "Flux Objects",
+    "pinDigests": false // Set to false to not pin digest references
   },
   "branchPrefix": "flux-",
   "ignore": [
diff --git a/.github/renovate/kinds/helm.json5 b/.github/renovate/kinds/helm.json5
index 5ea3b68e9bf..ec65e74dfa4 100644
--- a/.github/renovate/kinds/helm.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate/kinds/helm.json5
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     ],
     "enabled": true, // Enable Helm chart updates
     "semanticCommitScope": "helm",
-    "updateTypes": ["major", "minor", "patch"] // Allow updates for all version types
+    "updateTypes": ["major", "minor", "patch"], // Allow updates for all version types
+    "pinDigests": false // Set to false to not pin digest references
   },
   "ignore": [
     // Add any global ignores here if needed
diff --git a/.github/renovate/main.json5 b/.github/renovate/main.json5
index 8bf32cef492..e143d587db5 100644
--- a/.github/renovate/main.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate/main.json5
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
         "github>truecharts/public//.github/renovate/special/customRules.json5",
         "github>truecharts/public//.github/renovate/special/customVersioning.json5",
         "github>truecharts/public//.github/renovate/special/schedules.json5",
-        "github>truecharts/public//.github/renovate/special/customClusterManagers.json5",
-        "github>truecharts/public//.github/renovate/special/talconfig.json5"
+        "github>truecharts/public//.github/renovate/special/customClusterManagers.json5"
       ],
   // Main Renovate configuration that lists package rules for various paths
   "packageRules": [
diff --git a/.github/renovate/special/customClusterManagers.json5 b/.github/renovate/special/customClusterManagers.json5
index 12f3e0405d3..6140764b5cd 100644
--- a/.github/renovate/special/customClusterManagers.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate/special/customClusterManagers.json5
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         "datasource=(?<datasource>\\S+) depName=(?<depName>\\S+)\\n.+/(?<currentValue>(v|\\d)[^/]+)"
       ],
       "datasourceTemplate": "{{#if datasource}}{{{datasource}}}{{else}}github-releases{{/if}}",
-      "branchPrefix": "regex-"
+      "branchPrefix": "regex-",
+      "pinDigests": false // Set to false to not pin digest references
     },
     {
       "customType": "regex",
diff --git a/.github/renovate/special/talconfig.json5 b/.github/renovate/special/talconfig.json5
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5fbbff84c..00000000000
--- a/.github/renovate/special/talconfig.json5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "packageRules": [
-    {
-      "paths": ["**/talconfig.yaml"], // Matches any file named talconfig.yaml in any directory
-      "enabled": true, // Enable processing for these files
-      "datasource": "docker", // Specify that this is a Docker datasource
-      "depName": "ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer", // Specific dependency to process
-      "ignore": [
-        // Specify any dependencies to ignore if necessary
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "paths": ["**/talconfig.yaml"], // Matches any file named talconfig.yaml in any directory
-      "enabled": true, // Enable processing for these files
-      "datasource": "docker", // Specify that this is a Docker datasource
-      "depName": "ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet", // Specific dependency to process
-      "ignore": [
-        // Specify any dependencies to ignore if necessary
-      ]
-    }
-  ],
-  "ignoreDeps": [
-    // List any other dependencies to ignore globally if needed
-  ]
-}
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