diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index b5acba5..8919473 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@
       "matchStrings": [
         "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-]+?)(?: depName=(?<depName>.+?))? packageName=(?<packageName>.+?)(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[a-z-]+?))?\\s(?:ENV|ARG) .+?_VERSION=(?<currentValue>.+?)\\s"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "description": "Update _version variables in run.sh",
+      "fileMatch": ["(^|/)run.sh$"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-]+?)(?: depName=(?<depName>.+?))? packageName=(?<packageName>.+?)(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[a-z-]+?))?\\s.+?_version=(?<currentValue>.+?)\\s"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/examples/java/run.sh b/examples/java/run.sh
index 196c1ef..b0086f8 100755
--- a/examples/java/run.sh
+++ b/examples/java/run.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ set -euox pipefail
 if [[ ! -f ./target/rolldice.jar ]]; then
 	./mvnw clean package
 fi
-version=2.10.0
-jar=opentelemetry-javaagent-${version}.jar
+
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=opentelemetry-java-instrumentation packageName=open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation
+opentelemetry_javaagent_version=2.10.0
+jar=opentelemetry-javaagent-${opentelemetry_javaagent_version}.jar
 if [[ ! -f ./${jar} ]]; then
-	curl -vL https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/download/v${version}/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar -o ${jar}
+	curl -vL https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/download/v${opentelemetry_javaagent_version}/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar -o ${jar}
 fi
 export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=rolldice,service.instance.id=localhost:8080"
 # uncomment the next line to switch to Prometheus native histograms.
diff --git a/examples/python/Dockerfile b/examples/python/Dockerfile
index af01839..c08afaa 100644
--- a/examples/python/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/python/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ COPY requirements.txt .
 # 2. Run `pip freeze > requirements.txt` in the same directory as your app.py file
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir 'opentelemetry-distro[otlp]==0.46b0'
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=opentelemetry-python-contrib packageName=open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib
+ENV OPENTELEMETRY_DISTRO_VERSION=0.46b0
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir 'opentelemetry-distro[otlp]==$OPENTELEMETRY_DISTRO_VERSION'
 RUN opentelemetry-bootstrap -a install
 
 COPY app.py .
diff --git a/examples/python/run.sh b/examples/python/run.sh
index 088aace..2cdbab1 100755
--- a/examples/python/run.sh
+++ b/examples/python/run.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ source ./venv/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # Step 1: Install the OpenTelemetry SDK
-pip install 'opentelemetry-distro[otlp]==0.46b0'
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=opentelemetry-python-contrib packageName=open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib
+opentelemetry_distro_version=0.46b0
+pip install "opentelemetry-distro[otlp]==${opentelemetry_distro_version}"
 opentelemetry-bootstrap -a install
 
 # Step 2: Run the application