diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts
index 8ed2e8898e7c8fac1a05344cbff65ea68eaf6f3c..cc09f700c2d8dfcf01d1e836dc1c1a9f0b829c50 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   fileMatch: [
-    '^(workflow-templates|\\.github/workflows)/[^/]+\\.ya?ml$',
+    '^(workflow-templates|\\.(?:github|gitea|forgejo)/workflows)/[^/]+\\.ya?ml$',
     '(^|/)action\\.ya?ml$',
   ],
 };
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/readme.md b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/readme.md
index 891eaf827b304d3f2ca7f2a55b13c5169d38e038..6b5b13219be1ce5232b41c58b0608fd55479a423 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/readme.md
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/readme.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 The `github-actions` manager extracts dependencies from GitHub Actions workflow and workflow template files.
+It can also be used for Gitea and Forgejo Actions workflows as such are compatible with GitHub Actions workflows.
 
 If you like to use digest pinning but want to follow the action version tag, you can use the following sample: