diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
index f72a630814c2351d7b8f322ddb073b2262824fca..738a0f3507097ad33f447f3848d9b62ef2a470c4 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/default.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
   preserveSemverRanges: {
     description:
       'Preserve (but continue to upgrade) any existing SemVer ranges',
-    rangeStrategy: 'replace',
+    packageRules: [{ matchPackagePatterns: ['*'], rangeStrategy: 'replace' }],
   },
   pinAllExceptPeerDependencies: {
     description: