diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
index 4605a2a232be9c174a094bfa14a35a4920146a84..26895015eaf6ee3c6e74754b70e609bb499a5ec2 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
       'If Renovate detects semantic commits, it will use semantic commit type `{{arg0}}` for all commits.',
     packageRules: [
       {
-        matchPackagePatterns: ['*'],
+        matchFileNames: ['**/*'],
         semanticCommitType: '{{arg0}}',
       },
     ],