diff --git a/.bazelrc.bzlmod b/.bazelrc.bzlmod
index 28651a7d9..9759a35c6 100644
--- a/.bazelrc.bzlmod
+++ b/.bazelrc.bzlmod
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ common --noenable_bzlmod
 
 common:bzlmod --enable_bzlmod
 # Note, have to use /// to make Bazel not crash on Windows
-common --registry=file:///%workspace%/registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
+common:common --registry=file:///%workspace%/registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
+
diff --git a/.bazelrc.common b/.bazelrc.common
index 5127fd6b1..5b70fa619 100644
--- a/.bazelrc.common
+++ b/.bazelrc.common
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Global Configuration
 # --------------------
 
+# enable common config by default (needed for renovate to ignore the file: registry)
+common --config common
+
 # Force TLS 1.2. With TLS 1.3, we run into the following error on Darwin.
 # > No subject alternative DNS name matching github-releases.githubusercontent.com found.
 # It looks like this is a result of SNI being broken on TLS 1.3 which results
diff --git a/examples/.bazelrc.bzlmod b/examples/.bazelrc.bzlmod
index 1f8164a85..e9e450bff 100644
--- a/examples/.bazelrc.bzlmod
+++ b/examples/.bazelrc.bzlmod
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 common:bzlmod --enable_bzlmod
-common --registry=file://%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
+common:common --registry=file://%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
diff --git a/rules_haskell_nix/.bazelrc.bzlmod b/rules_haskell_nix/.bazelrc.bzlmod
index 8b753074d..e04eb49e5 100644
--- a/rules_haskell_nix/.bazelrc.bzlmod
+++ b/rules_haskell_nix/.bazelrc.bzlmod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 common:bzlmod --enable_bzlmod
 
 # Note, have to use /// to make Bazel not crash on Windows
-common --registry=file:///%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
+common:common --registry=file:///%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
diff --git a/rules_haskell_tests/.bazelrc.bzlmod b/rules_haskell_tests/.bazelrc.bzlmod
index bfe014b34..1f93e25d6 100644
--- a/rules_haskell_tests/.bazelrc.bzlmod
+++ b/rules_haskell_tests/.bazelrc.bzlmod
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ common --noenable_bzlmod
 common:bzlmod --enable_bzlmod
 
 # Note, have to use /// to make Bazel not crash on Windows
-common --registry=file:///%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
+common:common --registry=file:///%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
diff --git a/tutorial/.bazelrc.bzlmod b/tutorial/.bazelrc.bzlmod
index ec0ec767c..e9e450bff 100644
--- a/tutorial/.bazelrc.bzlmod
+++ b/tutorial/.bazelrc.bzlmod
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 common:bzlmod --enable_bzlmod
-common --registry=file://%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build
\ No newline at end of file
+common:common --registry=file://%workspace%/../registry --registry=https://bcr.bazel.build