diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts
index cf40a76e5b67e0097d49c5c1f7860ef2891ca824..a7a0648951f95d929d1392b4efd8ff6b6dcbe11f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/bazelisk/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import type { Category } from '../../../constants';
 import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
+import * as semverVersioning from '../../versioning/semver';
 
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.bazelversion$'],
   pinDigests: false,
+  versioning: semverVersioning.id,
 };
 
 export const categories: Category[] = ['bazel'];