diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 2d241d312..473054399 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   extends: ['config:base'],
   timezone: 'Europe/Zurich',
-  schedule: 'after 1am on Saturday',
+  schedule: 'on the first day of the month',
   labels: ['dependencies'],
   separateMajorMinor: true,
   separateMinorPatch: true,
   prHourlyLimit: 0,
   prConcurrentLimit: 0,
-  lockFileMaintenance: { enabled: true, automerge: true },
+  lockFileMaintenance: { enabled: true, automerge: true, schedule: 'on the first day of the month' },
   baseBranches: ['master', '1.4', '1.3', '1.2', '1.1'],
   regexManagers: [
     {