diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index a380e77..b521b9b 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -11,14 +11,20 @@
     // ── Scheduling & grouping ──────────────────────────────────────────
 
     {
-      // group all patch updates into a single weekly PR
-      groupName: 'all patch versions',
+      // group all patch and minor updates into a single weekly PR
+      // (OpenTelemetry artifacts are excluded so that dogfooding and cascaded releases land individually)
+      groupName: 'all patch and minor versions',
       matchUpdateTypes: [
         'patch',
+        'minor',
       ],
       schedule: [
         '* 0-7 * * 2', // weekly, before 8am on Tuesday
       ],
+      matchPackageNames: [
+        '!io.opentelemetry**',
+        '!open-telemetry/**',
+      ],
     },
     {
       // group all GitHub Actions updates into a single weekly PR