diff --git a/.github/workflows/renovate-auto-approve.yml b/.github/workflows/renovate-auto-approve.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1935807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/renovate-auto-approve.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: auto-approve
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  renovate-auto-approve:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'renovate[bot]'}}
+    steps:
+      - name: Approve Renovate PR
+        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GYGROBOT_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 814a63bf..55263de0 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @cainelli @almack-gyg @x-way
+* @cainelli @x-way @gygrobot