diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index baf811724..fd055e7ce 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     {
       "fileMatch": ["\\.*\\.ya?ml$"],
       "matchStrings": [
-        "# renovate: datasource=docker( versioning=(?<versioning>.*?))?\n\\s*-\\s+(?<depName>[^:]+):(?<currentValue>.*)"
+        "# renovate: datasource=docker( versioning=(?<versioning>.*?))?\n\\s+.+:(?<depName>[^:]+):(?<currentValue>.*)"
       ],
       "datasourceTemplate": "docker"
     },
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
       "pinDigests": true
     },
     {
-      "matchFileNames": ["package.json", "package-lock.json"],
+      "matchFileNames": ["package.json", "package-lock.json", "tasks/create.yaml"],
       "groupName": "pepr",
       "commitMessageTopic": "pepr"
     }
diff --git a/tasks/create.yaml b/tasks/create.yaml
index 1cb887cdb..6acf004c2 100644
--- a/tasks/create.yaml
+++ b/tasks/create.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ variables:
   - name: FLAVOR
     default: upstream
 
+  - name: REGISTRY1_PEPR_IMAGE
+    # renovate: datasource=docker versioning=semver
+    default: registry1.dso.mil/ironbank/opensource/defenseunicorns/pepr/controller:v0.27.0
+
 tasks:
   - name: standard-package
     description: "Create the UDS Core Zarf Package"
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ tasks:
     actions:
       - description: "Build the UDS Core Pepr Module"
         cmd: |
+          CUSTOM_PEPR_IMAGE=$( [ "${FLAVOR}" = "registry1" ] && echo "--custom-image ${REGISTRY1_PEPR_IMAGE}" ) || CUSTOM_PEPR_IMAGE=""
           rm -fr dist
           npm ci
-          npx pepr build
+          npx pepr build $CUSTOM_PEPR_IMAGE