diff --git a/.woodpecker/build.yml b/.woodpecker/build.yml
index ec16fb6..12c9132 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/build.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ steps:
         - ${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8}
         - ${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}
         - latest
+    when:
+      - evaluate: 'CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL != "renovate@mgrote.net"'
+    ...
diff --git a/.woodpecker/lint.yml b/.woodpecker/lint.yml
index 06c04fc..ceb0c5f 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/lint.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/lint.yml
@@ -5,18 +5,14 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - gitleaks detect --no-git --verbose --source $CI_WORKSPACE
     when:
-      event:
-        exclude:
-          - tag
+      - evaluate: 'CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL != "renovate@mgrote.net"'
 
   hadolint:
     image: pipelinecomponents/hadolint:0.26.0@sha256:7122937006c7a9bcbb78ce764d3c2f0092f183b843ad128bc9fd6ea918e22d5b
     commands:
       - hadolint Dockerfile
     when:
-      event:
-        exclude:
-          - tag
+      - evaluate: 'CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL != "renovate@mgrote.net"'
 
   shellcheck:
     image: "koalaman/shellcheck-alpine:latest@sha256:eed99e46acb69ede0f68db4fd8f1b3b00cc09d66cb7d4d6f1f6296bd8833932d"
@@ -28,4 +24,6 @@ steps:
             shellcheck "$file_path"
           fi
         done
+    when:
+      - evaluate: 'CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL != "renovate@mgrote.net"'
 ...