diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index e29ec43..a5517b0 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             "customType": "regex",
             "description": "update runner in RUNNER_VERSION",
             "fileMatch": ["^RUNNER_VERSION$"],
-            "matchStrings": ["^(?<currentValue>v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)$"],
+            "matchStrings": ["(?<currentValue>v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)"],
             "datasourceTemplate": "gitea-tags",
             "depNameTemplate": "forgejo/runner",
             "versioningTemplate": "semver",