diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index f855658382127d..5f3e8a90638978 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
     "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+    "labels": ["dependencies"],
     "enabledManagers": ["custom.regex"],
+    "baseBranches": ["main", "nschweitzer/renovate"],
+    "useBaseBranchConfig": "merge",
     "customManagers" : [
       {
         "customType": "regex",
@@ -18,11 +21,21 @@
         "customType": "regex",
         "fileMatch": [".protoc-version"],
         "matchStrings": [
-          "(?<currentValue>[0-9]+.[0-9]+)"
+          "(?<currentValue>[0-9]+.[0-9]+(-rc[0-9]+)?)"
         ],
         "depNameTemplate": "protoc",
         "versioningTemplate": "loose",
         "datasourceTemplate": "custom.protoc"
+      },
+      {
+        "customType": "regex",
+        "fileMatch": ["release.json"],
+        "matchStrings": [
+          "[ ]+\"OMNIBUS_RUBY_VERSION\": \"(?<currentValue>[a-z0-9]+)\""
+        ],
+        "depNameTemplate": "omnibus-ruby",
+        "versioningTemplate": "loose",
+        "datasourceTemplate": "custom.omnibus-ruby"
       }
     ],
     "customDatasources": {
@@ -37,6 +50,12 @@
         "transformTemplates": [
           "{\"releases\": $map($.[tag_name,published_at], function($v) { {\"version\": $v[0], \"releaseTimestamp\": $v[1] } }) }"
         ]
+      },
+      "omnibus-ruby": {
+        "defaultRegistryUrlTemplate": "https://api.github.com/repos/datadog/omnibus-ruby/commits",
+        "transformTemplates": [
+          "{\"releases\": $map($.[sha,commit.author.date], function($v) { {\"version\": $v[0], \"releaseTimestamp\": $v[1] } }) }"
+        ]
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/tasks/libs/pipeline/notifications.py b/tasks/libs/pipeline/notifications.py
index 5193e219660a61..35175c7609dec2 100644
--- a/tasks/libs/pipeline/notifications.py
+++ b/tasks/libs/pipeline/notifications.py
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ def warn_new_commits(release_managers, team, branch, next_rc):
     message += f":announcement: We detected new commits on the {branch} release branch of `integrations-core`.\n"
     message += f"Could you please release and tag your repo to prepare the {next_rc} `datadog-agent` release candidate planned <{rc_schedule_link}|{rc_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')}> UTC?\n"
     message += "Thanks in advance!\n"
-    message += f"cc {' '.join(release_managers)}"
     client = WebClient(os.environ["SLACK_API_TOKEN"])
+    slack_ids = []
+    for email in release_managers:
+        r = client.users_lookupByEmail(email=email)
+        if r.status_code == 200:
+            slack_ids.append(r.data["user"]["id"])
+    message += f"cc {' '.join(f'<@{sid}>' for sid in slack_ids)}"
     client.chat_postMessage(channel=f"#{team}", text=message)