diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/config.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/config.ts
index c4b865710fb6e5c0561c6f0add04bcc5dde98c9d..2455f7090fc7ab5d3ccb7e773ff00223868a82ac 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/config.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
     configMigration: true,
     description: 'Preset with best practices from the Renovate maintainers.',
     extends: [
-      'config:base',
+      'config:recommended',
       'docker:pinDigests',
       'helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests',
       ':pinDevDependencies',