diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 161d10e930..d34fb7a6e1 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -55,5 +55,4 @@ and/or use the pre-commit hook: https://github.com/renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks
       ]
     }
   ],
-  }
 }
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/prebuild.sh b/contrib/cirrus/prebuild.sh
index 8f06db6e03..9529e75c51 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/prebuild.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/prebuild.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ if [[ "${DISTRO_NV}" == "$PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME" ]]; then
     # Tests for lib.sh
     showrun ${SCRIPT_BASE}/lib.sh.t
 
+    msg "Checking renovate config."
+    showrun podman run -it \
+            -v ./.github/renovate.json5:/usr/src/app/renovate.json5:z \
+            ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:latest \
+            renovate-config-validator
+
     # Run this during daily cron job to prevent a GraphQL API change/breakage
     # from impacting every PR.  Down-side being if it does fail, a maintainer
     # will need to do some archaeology to find it.