diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 06cd4b9295..90e4b0a3be 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -47,6 +47,32 @@
       "versioningTemplate": "loose",
       "depNameTemplate": "github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser",
     }, {
+      // We want a PR to bump the external-snapshotter version
+      "fileMatch": [
+        "^.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml",
+        "^hack/setup-cluster\.sh$",
+      ],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "EXTERNAL_SNAPSHOTTER_VERSION: \"(?<currentValue>.*?)\"",
+      ],
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases",
+      "versioningTemplate": "loose",
+      "depNameTemplate": "kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter",
+      "extractVersionTemplate": "^(?<version>v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)"
+    }, {
+      // We want a PR to bump the rook version
+      "fileMatch": [
+        "^.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml",
+      ],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "ROOK_VERSION: \"(?<currentValue>.*?)\"",
+      ],
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases",
+      "versioningTemplate": "loose",
+      "depNameTemplate": "rook/rook",
+      "extractVersionTemplate": "^(?<version>v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)"
+    }, {
+      // We want a PR to bump kind version
       "fileMatch": [
         "^.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml"
       ],
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
index fbf93e2e8e..fcad025d29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-delivery.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ env:
   KUBEBUILDER_VERSION: "2.3.1"
   KIND_VERSION: "v0.22.0"
   ROOK_VERSION: "v1.12.0"
-  EXTERNAL_SNAPSHOTTER_VERSION: "v6.2.2"
+  EXTERNAL_SNAPSHOTTER_VERSION: "v7.0.1"
   OPERATOR_IMAGE_NAME: "ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}-testing"
   BUILD_PUSH_PROVENANCE: ""
   BUILD_PUSH_CACHE_FROM: ""