diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 2e5258780..be870201a 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "extends": ["config:base", "helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests"],
   "prConcurrentLimit": 8,
   "ignorePaths": ["docker-examples/**"],
-  "schedule": ["every weekend"],
+  "schedule": ["before 3:00am on the 3 day of the month"],
   "ignoreDeps": [
     "customprefix-auth",
     "eslint-plugin-verdaccio",