diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6337f4682d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": [
+    "config:base",
+    "schedule:weekly",
+    ":dependencyDashboard",
+    ":semanticCommits",
+    ":semanticCommitScope(deps)",
+    "group:linters",
+    "group:googleapis",
+    "group:goOpenapi"
+  ],
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "datasources": ["docker"],
+      "updateTypes": ["patch"],
+      "groupName": "docker patch updates",
+      "groupSlug": "docker-updates"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasources": ["go"],
+      "updateTypes": ["patch", "minor"],
+      "groupName": "go.mod dependencies",
+      "groupSlug": "go-mod-updates"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasources": ["npm"],
+      "rangeStrategy": "update-lockfile",
+    },
+    {
+      "datasources": ["npm"],
+      "updateTypes": ["patch", "minor"],
+      "groupName": "npm dependencies",
+      "groupSlug": "npm-updates",
+    },
+    { // major updates do not create PRs automatically
+      "updateTypes": ["major"],
+      "dependencyDashboardApproval": true,
+    }
+  ],
+  "dependencyDashboardApproval": true, // require approval for all updates initially
+  "separateMinorPatch": true,
+  "kustomize": {
+    "enabled": true,
+    "dependencyDashboardApproval": false,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.whitesource b/.whitesource
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55b922e8c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.whitesource
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "scanSettings": {
+    "baseBranches": []
+  },
+  "checkRunSettings": {
+    "vulnerableCheckRunConclusionLevel": "failure",
+    "displayMode": "diff"
+  },
+  "issueSettings": {
+    "minSeverityLevel": "LOW"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/crud-web-apps/common/backend/kubeflow/kubeflow/crud_backend/requirements.txt b/components/crud-web-apps/common/backend/kubeflow/kubeflow/crud_backend/requirements.txt
index 5fa09d6fbdf..e991d4f79f6 100644
--- a/components/crud-web-apps/common/backend/kubeflow/kubeflow/crud_backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/components/crud-web-apps/common/backend/kubeflow/kubeflow/crud_backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Flask==1.1.1
 Flask-API==2.0
-kubernetes==10.0.1
+kubernetes==10.1.0
 requests==2.22.0
 urllib3==1.25.7
 Werkzeug==0.16.0