diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yaml
index 2c3311d..47f523c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/renovate.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ jobs:
   discover-repos:
     name: Discover Repositories
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39.219.2
     outputs:
       repo-batches: ${{ steps.create-batches.outputs.batches }}
     
@@ -18,71 +17,64 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       
-      - name: Cache Renovate dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+      - name: Setup Renovate
+        uses: renovatebot/github-action@v39.221.0
         with:
-          path: /tmp/renovate-cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-renovate-discovery-${{ hashFiles('config.js') }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-renovate-discovery-${{ hashFiles('config.js') }}-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-renovate-discovery-
+          configurationFile: config.js
+          token: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_TOKEN }}
       
       - name: Discover Repositories
         run: |
-          renovate --write-discovered-repos=/tmp/renovate-repos.json
+          renovate --write-discovered-repos=renovate-repos.json
         env:
           RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE: "config.js"
           RENOVATE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_COM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           LOG_LEVEL: "info"
-          RENOVATE_CACHE_DIR: /tmp/renovate-cache
           RENOVATE_AUTODISCOVER: "true"
       
       - name: Create Repository Batches
         id: create-batches
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          # Check if repos file exists and is not empty
-          if [ ! -f /tmp/renovate-repos.json ] || [ ! -s /tmp/renovate-repos.json ]; then
-            echo "No repositories discovered or file not created/empty"
+          if [ ! -f renovate-repos.json ] || [ ! -s renovate-repos.json ]; then
+            echo "No repositories discovered or file not created"
             echo "batches=[]" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             exit 0
           fi
           
-          # Use node to process JSON instead of jq (Node.js is already installed in the container)
-          node -e '
-            const fs = require("fs");
-            try {
-              const data = fs.readFileSync("/tmp/renovate-repos.json", "utf8");
-              let repos = [];
-              try {
-                repos = JSON.parse(data);
-                if (!Array.isArray(repos)) {
-                  repos = [];
-                }
-              } catch (e) {
-                console.error("Invalid JSON:", e.message);
-              }
+          # Read repositories and create batches of 5
+          REPOS=$(cat renovate-repos.json)
+          
+          # Use Python (available in GitHub Actions runner) for JSON processing
+          BATCHES=$(python3 -c '
+          import json
+          import sys
+          
+          try:
+              data = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+              if not isinstance(data, list):
+                  print("[]")
+                  sys.exit(0)
               
-              // Create batches of 5 repos
-              const batches = [];
-              for (let i = 0; i < repos.length; i += 5) {
-                batches.push(repos.slice(i, i + 5));
-              }
+              # Create batches of 5
+              batches = []
+              for i in range(0, len(data), 5):
+                  batches.append(data[i:i+5])
               
-              console.log(`Created ${batches.length} batches of repositories`);
-              // Output for GitHub Actions
-              fs.writeFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `batches=${JSON.stringify(batches)}\n`, {flag: "a"});
-            } catch (e) {
-              console.error("Error processing repositories:", e.message);
-              fs.writeFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, "batches=[]\n", {flag: "a"});
-            }
-          '
+              print(json.dumps(batches))
+          except Exception as e:
+              print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+              print("[]")
+          ' "$REPOS")
+          
+          echo "Created batches: $BATCHES"
+          echo "batches=$BATCHES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   renovate:
     name: Run Renovate
     needs: discover-repos
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39.219.2
     if: ${{ needs.discover-repos.outputs.repo-batches != '[]' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -94,6 +86,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       
+      - name: Setup Renovate
+        uses: renovatebot/github-action@v39.221.0
+        with:
+          configurationFile: config.js
+          token: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_TOKEN }}
+      
       - name: Cache Renovate dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
@@ -103,50 +101,56 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-renovate-
       
       - name: Run Renovate on Batch
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          # Use node to process the batch and generate comma-separated repo list
-          node -e '
-            const batch = JSON.parse(process.argv[1]);
-            if (batch && batch.length > 0) {
-              const repoList = batch.join(",");
-              console.log(`Processing repositories: ${repoList}`);
-              console.log(`::set-output name=repo_list::${repoList}`);
-            } else {
-              console.log("No repositories to process in this batch");
-              console.log("::set-output name=repo_list::");
-            }
-          ' '${{ toJson(matrix.batch) }}'
+          # Simple approach to create comma-separated list
+          REPOS=""
+          # Make sure batch is not empty
+          if [ -n "$BATCH" ] && [ "$BATCH" != "null" ]; then
+            # Convert JSON array to comma-separated string
+            REPOS=$(python3 -c '
+            import json
+            import sys
+            
+            try:
+                batch = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+                if isinstance(batch, list) and batch:
+                    print(",".join(batch))
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Error: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+            ' "$BATCH")
+          fi
           
-          # Get the repo list from the node script output
-          REPOS=$(node -e 'console.log(process.env.BATCH_JSON ? JSON.parse(process.env.BATCH_JSON).join(",") : "")' )
-          
-          # Run Renovate on the specific repositories if any were found
           if [ -n "$REPOS" ]; then
-            echo "Processing: $REPOS"
+            echo "Processing repositories: $REPOS"
             renovate $REPOS
           else
             echo "No repositories to process in this batch"
           fi
         env:
-          BATCH_JSON: ${{ toJson(matrix.batch) }}
+          BATCH: ${{ toJson(matrix.batch) }}
           RENOVATE_CONFIG_FILE: "config.js"
           RENOVATE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_COM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           LOG_LEVEL: "info"
           RENOVATE_CACHE_DIR: /tmp/renovate-cache
 
-  # Fallback job in case no repositories are found or for handling config repositories
   renovate-default:
     name: Run Renovate (Default)
     needs: discover-repos
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39.219.2
     if: ${{ needs.discover-repos.outputs.repo-batches == '[]' }}
     
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       
+      - name: Setup Renovate
+        uses: renovatebot/github-action@v39.221.0
+        with:
+          configurationFile: config.js
+          token: ${{ secrets.RENOVATE_TOKEN }}
+      
       - name: Cache Renovate dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with: