diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts
index 6dffe661f22ec9d6745c41bf179732c7d4b7f28f..b589f3c51e39de692b3e1d10602deb15aa9c1b79 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/azure-pipelines/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { GitTagsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-tags';
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
-  fileMatch: ['azure.*pipelines?.*\\.ya?ml$'],
+  fileMatch: ['(^|/).azuredevops/.+\\.ya?ml$', 'azure.*pipelines?.*\\.ya?ml$'],
   enabled: false,
 };