diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts
index 68d52c82a9bb4fe10ea96d379753a40701dd557f..55494a3f95a9f3416a5ea7db684222b2b4821837 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,16 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
       },
     ],
   },
+  githubActionsVersions: {
+    description:
+      'Update `_VERSION` environment variables in GitHub Action files.',
+    regexManagers: [
+      {
+        fileMatch: ['^.github/workflows/[^/]+\\.ya?ml$'],
+        matchStrings: [
+          '# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-]+?) depName=(?<depName>[^\\s]+?)(?: (?:lookupName|packageName)=(?<packageName>[^\\s]+?))?(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[a-z-0-9]+?))?\\s+[A-Za-z0-9_]+?_VERSION\\s*:\\s*["\']?(?<currentValue>.+?)["\']?\\s',
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
 };