diff --git a/.gitlab/renovate.json b/.gitlab/renovate.json
index 0b8e75237..d4bdfb247 100644
--- a/.gitlab/renovate.json
+++ b/.gitlab/renovate.json
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
         ],
         "fileFilters": ["changes/changelog.d/postgres.update"]
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "matchPackageNames": ["python"],
+      "rangeStrategy": "widen"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/renovate-python.misc b/changes/changelog.d/renovate-python.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0fb4584e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/renovate-python.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make renovate not pinning the python version to the latest one