diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 88fe837..62b938c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ E2E_REGISTRY_USER ?= e2e-user
 E2E_REGISTRY_PASSWORD ?= e2e-password
 # Released operator for upgrade testing (TestOperatorUpgrade).
 # Override RELEASED_OPERATOR_IMG for downstream images.
-RELEASED_OPERATOR_TAG ?= v0.2.1
+RELEASED_OPERATOR_TAG ?= v0.2.2
 RELEASED_OPERATOR_IMG ?= ghcr.io/bootc-dev/bootc-operator:$(RELEASED_OPERATOR_TAG)
 IMG_BINK_RELEASED ?= registry.cluster.local:5000/bootc-operator-released:latest
 # YEAR defines the year value used for substituting the YEAR placeholder in the boilerplate header.
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 710ae55..6350fb6 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
     "local>bootc-dev/infra:renovate-shared-config.json"
   ],
   "customManagers": [
+    {
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "managerFilePatterns": ["/^Makefile$/"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "(?:^|\\n)RELEASED_OPERATOR_TAG[ \\t]+\\?=[ \\t]*(?<currentValue>\\S+)"
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "bootc-dev/bootc-operator",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
+    },
     {
       "customType": "regex",
       "managerFilePatterns": ["/^\\.github/workflows/ci\\.yaml$/"],