diff --git a/2-nomad-config/renovate.nomad.hcl b/2-nomad-config/renovate.nomad.hcl
index e2bf78b..bb7fbd2 100644
--- a/2-nomad-config/renovate.nomad.hcl
+++ b/2-nomad-config/renovate.nomad.hcl
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ job "renovate" {
       }
 
       # Required SOPS key:
-      #   renovate.gitea_token  — PAT for the renovate bot account in Gitea
+      #   renovate.gitea_token         — PAT for the renovate bot account in Gitea
       #   Create a dedicated 'renovate' user in Gitea with these token scopes:
       #     repo (read+write), user (read), issue (read+write), organization (read)
+      #   renovate.github_token         — read-only GitHub PAT (any account) for
+      #     fetching changelogs and avoiding github.com API rate limits
       template {
         data        = <<EOF
 RENOVATE_TOKEN={{ with nomadVar "nomad/jobs/renovate" }}{{ .gitea_token }}{{ end }}
+RENOVATE_GITHUB_COM_TOKEN={{ with nomadVar "nomad/jobs/renovate" }}{{ .github_token }}{{ end }}
 EOF
         destination = "secrets/renovate.env"
         env         = true
diff --git a/2-nomad-config/renovate.tf b/2-nomad-config/renovate.tf
index c052129..2b12bd7 100644
--- a/2-nomad-config/renovate.tf
+++ b/2-nomad-config/renovate.tf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ resource "nomad_job" "renovate" {
 resource "nomad_variable" "renovate" {
   path = "nomad/jobs/renovate"
   items = {
-    gitea_token = data.sops_file.secrets.data["renovate.gitea_token"]
+    gitea_token  = data.sops_file.secrets.data["renovate.gitea_token"]
+    github_token = data.sops_file.secrets.data["renovate.github_token"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/2-nomad-config/secrets/secrets.enc.json b/2-nomad-config/secrets/secrets.enc.json
index 066475b..dea9fba 100644
--- a/2-nomad-config/secrets/secrets.enc.json
+++ b/2-nomad-config/secrets/secrets.enc.json
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 		"database_pw": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:79c2KFs3tcbet1dSGnkSDlAeKLCZrh4aMYLXTROM8w==,iv:eZ4limyjl++nsvHUzPKy82hfLZEOc+XQYpO6Czo/8os=,tag:iX9SiEACQ5IM8f1jhZh5Qw==,type:str]"
 	},
 	"renovate": {
-		"gitea_token": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:/J3CDMgWZLe20oQ+ENKBMi8fs/+jgsARV7xihMq0OLmRk8C8ae/IXg==,iv:e7WYOanSOCZ/LhN6SKrH0VrR3xLPTTppOKpGpSl+oAc=,tag:XBAilRdK3jL7WtM+92Fsmg==,type:str]"
+		"gitea_token": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:/J3CDMgWZLe20oQ+ENKBMi8fs/+jgsARV7xihMq0OLmRk8C8ae/IXg==,iv:e7WYOanSOCZ/LhN6SKrH0VrR3xLPTTppOKpGpSl+oAc=,tag:XBAilRdK3jL7WtM+92Fsmg==,type:str]",
+		"github_token": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:omZpdsTV1aFgQ9PjIApITEyIRKk6Z8QyvD2Kp5tJnBWzFCm4v2lRAg==,iv:cKL7z+CSChzF9eZEcske2lbmx9KV6CrWw0tn7rmP/10=,tag:gon3Sc1d3ntNSbWwenHuOw==,type:str]"
 	},
 	"sops": {
 		"age": [
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@
 				"enc": "-----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\nYWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSByUWM4ZDVVbGFrUGdMRHBX\nUFBmU3Nlc0RBSzhFK0tHNHpkQXUvUVdiZUZJCmpRN1lFdENpWW0rcThjVlVQNUl6\nWnlLU0RnQ3FZby81Ly8xTFBrek9nMncKLS0tIFQ4UTRNOC9CRmx4OFJWem1wckZz\nUDFTSzdWZldFK3FqcTNWTWRyNDhHQ2MKS811mR5xn7qiC/aVgPFYJ5c6Q3zxRfcr\nHcvxUvB01vNJKZpRg92vvKPkV6lQO3DXCT98OdfwiymlEOvYxg71Pg==\n-----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----\n"
 			}
 		],
-		"lastmodified": "2026-04-18T06:07:22Z",
-		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:4UJMEZNS8HXtn1vIJ+qCkBJL5oh3Jp7wbaGm5hMiSNPseNq3smTYmMgh+TNK4t/K7yxfukTuhEFTUsnMfi7rIxTrbCpcTdnqJSYm/iflkdA57Tx+mHpY9iG7wtRmObow18Ea0rj6foMu+1V8pVFomzhc/ipafinTCuqodKW1a2Y=,iv:Gu/Lh8mir36ltN++qJg122ry+eJA0GKSrfijulYM7q4=,tag:5tjBzrCZcQUvc76No+E9Ow==,type:str]",
+		"lastmodified": "2026-04-18T06:30:49Z",
+		"mac": "ENC[AES256_GCM,data:ZqT+lJxFOxbRaDkex8URHRRoNSoHVkB9tbMCDVWoln0otMUBFDnxa1Fqwzl77G+JxD/I7W5QX5qUx+oSoDxhyCvC97tjBfTZ+nlqTos25wLddSKwOfbvRNS7oZrzMt5AepgauApucNDjjUWtZB55mTV497PzESLBrZeI/4zpCU0=,iv:AVvlyJLyLJup2PtLt8NzZO+uCbuQKmUV0S2swwl6nME=,tag:HxywCeG6NQotrsN7ovDfrw==,type:str]",
 		"encrypted_regex": "^(.*)$",
 		"version": "3.10.2"
 	}