diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 3dbcd4f9830..566bef3800a 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     'config:best-practices',
     'helpers:pinGitHubActionDigestsToSemver',
   ],
+  ignorePresets: [
+    'workarounds:javaLTSVersions', // Allow all Java major versions, not just LTS
+  ],
   ignorePaths: [], // overwrite default ignore which includes **/test/**
                    // used to update docker image versions used in Java test files
   packageRules: [
diff --git a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
index 101e6ce36f3..d2e080311c4 100644
--- a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rootProject.extra["versions"] = dependencyVersions
 
 
 val autoValueVersion = "1.11.0"
-val errorProneVersion = "2.41.0"
+val errorProneVersion = "2.42.0"
 val jmhVersion = "1.37"
 // Mockito 5.x.x requires Java 11 https://github.com/mockito/mockito/releases/tag/v5.0.0
 val mockitoVersion = "4.11.0"