diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fb5b1d14166..00000000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-      day: "friday"
-    labels:
-      - "⚙️ dependencies"
-      - "🔗 python"
-
-  # Updates the dependencies of the GitHub Actions workflows
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-      day: "friday"
-    labels:
-      - "⚙️ dependencies"
-      - "🔗 github-actions"
diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd715acc45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": [ // See what config:recommended does: https://docs.renovatebot.com/presets-config/#configrecommended
+    "config:recommended",
+    // Dependency Dashboards are Issues Renovate creates which list all pending updates. We disable it
+    // because we don't need it, we can see the pending updates in the PRs. This is also noisy.
+    // https://docs.renovatebot.com/configuration-options/#dependencydashboard
+    // Enabled for now to see how it works and if it's useful, we can disable it later if needed.
+    // ":disableDependencyDashboard"
+
+    // Update the digest of the github action workflows to the latest version:
+    "helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests"
+  ],
+
+  // Add pull request labels:
+  "labels": ["dependencies"],
+
+  // Bump even patch versions:
+  "bumpVersion": "patch",
+
+  // Let Renovate decide how to update. See docs: https://docs.renovatebot.com/configuration-options/#rangestrategy
+  "rangeStrategy": "auto",
+
+  // Update the lock files:
+  "lockFileMaintenance": {
+    "enabled": true,
+    "recreateWhen": "always",
+    "rebaseStalePrs": true,
+    "branchTopic": "lock-file-maintenance",
+    "commitMessageAction": "Lock file maintenance",
+    "commitMessageTopic": null,
+    "commitMessageExtra": null,
+    "schedule": ["* * * * 1,4"],  // Run sometime on Monday and Thursday
+    "groupName": "Bump versions in lock files",
+    "prBodyDefinitions": {
+      "Change": "All locks refreshed"
+    }
+  },
+
+  // Bump the versions even in other files:
+  "bumpVersions": [
+    {
+      "name": "Update dependency versions in README.rst",
+      "filePatterns": ["README.rst"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "cryptography>=(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)",
+        "aiolimiter~=(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)",
+        "tornado~=(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+)",
+        "cachetools>=(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)",        // Lower bound only
+        "APScheduler>=(?<version>\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)"        // Lower bound only
+      ],
+      "bumpType": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+
+  // Group package updates together:
+  "packageRules": [
+    // Linting dependencies in sync with the pre-commit-config hooks:
+    {
+      "matchDepTypes": ["mypy", "ruff", "pylint"],
+      "matchManagers": ["pre-commit", "pep621"],
+      "groupName": "Upgrade {{packageName}} to {{newVersion}}"
+    },
+    // Replace the versions in the dependency-groups:
+    {
+      "matchManagers": ["pep621"],
+      "matchDepTypes": ["dependency-groups"],
+      "matchUpdateTypes": ["replacement"]  // Replace the current version with new one
+    }
+  ],
+
+  // Opt-in to updating the pre-commit-config.yaml file too:
+  "pre-commit": {
+    "enabled": true
+  },
+
+  // Renovate may change the schema or syntax, this option will make it so that Renovate creates a 
+  // new PR to help us migrate to the new schema or syntax:
+  "configMigration": true,
+
+  // Temporarily disabled:
+  "ignoreDeps": ["pytest-asyncio"],
+
+  // schedule to allow PR's from Renovate:
+  "schedule": ["* * * * 0,6"]  // Every weekend
+
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/chango.yml b/.github/workflows/chango.yml
index cba4fb7d7b3..35742d2cb65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/chango.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/chango.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       # Create the new fragment
-      - uses: Bibo-Joshi/chango@9d6bd9d7612eca5fab2c5161687011be59baaf19 # v0.4.0
+      - uses: Bibo-Joshi/chango@9d6bd9d7612eca5fab2c5161687011be59baaf19 # 0.4.0
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.CHANGO_PAT }}
           query-issue-types: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c60835624c..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-prs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: Process Dependabot PRs
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [opened, reopened]
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  process-dependabot-prs:
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: read
-      contents: write
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    steps:
-
-    - name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
-      id: dependabot-metadata
-      uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@08eff52bf64351f401fb50d4972fa95b9f2c2d1b # v2.4.0
-
-    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-      with:
-        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-        persist-credentials: false
-
-    - name: Update Version Number in Other Files
-      uses: jacobtomlinson/gha-find-replace@f1069b438f125e5395d84d1c6fd3b559a7880cb5 # v3
-      with:
-        find: ${{ steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.previous-version }}
-        replace: ${{ steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.new-version }}
-        regex: false
-        exclude: CHANGES.rst
-
-    - name: Commit & Push Changes to PR
-      uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@a94899bca583c204427a224a7af87c02f9b325d5 # v9.1.4
-      with:
-        message: 'Update version number in other files'
-        committer_name: GitHub Actions
-        committer_email: 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
diff --git a/.github/workflows/type_completeness.yml b/.github/workflows/type_completeness.yml
index 56b57f5e539..947f931c2f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/type_completeness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/type_completeness.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     name:   test-type-completeness
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: Bibo-Joshi/pyright-type-completeness@c85a67ff3c66f51dcbb2d06bfcf4fe83a57d69cc # v1.0.1
+      - uses: Bibo-Joshi/pyright-type-completeness@c85a67ff3c66f51dcbb2d06bfcf4fe83a57d69cc # 1.0.1
         with:
           package-name: telegram
           python-version: 3.12
diff --git a/.github/workflows/type_completeness_monthly.yml b/.github/workflows/type_completeness_monthly.yml
index af7b6da7848..30a8a1c8a3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/type_completeness_monthly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/type_completeness_monthly.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     name:   test-type-completeness
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: Bibo-Joshi/pyright-type-completeness@c85a67ff3c66f51dcbb2d06bfcf4fe83a57d69cc # v1.0.1
+      - uses: Bibo-Joshi/pyright-type-completeness@c85a67ff3c66f51dcbb2d06bfcf4fe83a57d69cc # 1.0.1
         id: pyright-type-completeness
         with:
           package-name: telegram
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index a4fd47910c2..15f7675a126 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  schedule:
-    # Run monday and friday morning at 03:07 - odd time to spread load on GitHub Actions
-    - cron: '7 3 * * 1,5'
 
 permissions: {}
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 474dd749adb..5ed7d73a8b6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-# Make sure that the additional_dependencies here match pyproject.toml
-
 ci:
     autofix_prs: false
+    # We use Renovate to update this file now, but we can't disable automatic pre-commit updates
+    # when using the `pre-commit` GitHub Action, so we set the schedule to quarterly to avoid
+    # frequent updates.
     autoupdate_schedule: quarterly
     autoupdate_commit_msg: 'Bump `pre-commit` Hooks to Latest Versions'
 
@@ -11,14 +12,18 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     # Run the linter:
     -   id: ruff-check
-        name: ruff
+        name: ruff check
+        language: python
     # Run the formatter:
     -   id: ruff-format
+        name: ruff format
+        language: python
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
     rev: v3.3.7
     hooks:
     -   id: pylint
         files: ^(?!(tests|docs)).*\.py$
+        language: python
         additional_dependencies:
           - httpx~=0.27
           - tornado~=6.4
@@ -32,6 +37,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: mypy
         name: mypy-ptb
         files: ^(?!(tests|examples|docs)).*\.py$
+        language: python
         additional_dependencies:
           - types-pytz
           - types-cryptography
@@ -45,6 +51,7 @@ repos:
     - id: mypy
       name: mypy-examples
       files: ^examples/.*\.py$
+      language: python
       args:
         - --no-strict-optional
         - --follow-imports=silent
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 6d89b823dba..5e14cbfe2a2 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build:
   jobs:
     install:
       - pip install -U pip
-      - pip install .[all] --group 'all'  # install all the dependency groups
+      - pip install .[all] --group 'docs' --group 'tests' # install most dependency groups
 
     post_build:
       # Based on https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/issues/3242#issuecomment-1410321534
diff --git a/changes/unreleased/4887.5yypYZV7Sq5PN4ihmf2NUr.toml b/changes/unreleased/4887.5yypYZV7Sq5PN4ihmf2NUr.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ecea6e10f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/4887.5yypYZV7Sq5PN4ihmf2NUr.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+internal = "Use Renovate to Keep Dependencies Up-To-Date"
+[[pull_requests]]
+uid = "4887"
+author_uid = "renovate[bot]"
+closes_threads = []
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a179a5f4114..fff131daf50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,14 +52,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "Support" = "https://t.me/pythontelegrambotgroup"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-# Make sure to install those as additional_dependencies in the
-# pre-commit hooks for pylint & mypy
-# Also update the readme accordingly
+# Make sure to install those as additional_dependencies in the pre-commit hooks
 #
 # When dependencies release new versions and tests succeed, we should try to expand the allowed
 # versions and only increase the lower bound if necessary
 #
-# When adding new groups, make sure to update `ext` and `all` accordingly
+# When adding new extras, make sure to update `ext` and `all` accordingly
 
 # Optional dependencies for production
 all = [
@@ -135,7 +133,13 @@ docs = [
     # version is released.
     "pydantic @ git+https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic ; python_version >= '3.14'"
 ]
-all = ["pre-commit", { include-group = "tests" }, { include-group = "docs" }]
+linting = [
+    "pre-commit",
+    "ruff==0.12.7",
+    "mypy==1.16.1",
+    "pylint==3.3.7"
+]
+all = [{ include-group = "tests" }, { include-group = "docs" }, { include-group = "linting"}]
 
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