diff --git a/.renovaterc.json5 b/.renovaterc.json5
index 7934eb0a..dce73eb5 100644
--- a/.renovaterc.json5
+++ b/.renovaterc.json5
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   "rebaseWhen": "behind-base-branch", // automerge needs this, and because I keep breaking my shit lol
   // "schedule": ["on saturday"], // TODO: re-add it when I stop being a shut-in NEET
   // NOTE: forward slashes do not need escaping on Renovate, and a proper escape backslash needs double backslashes because JSON moment
-  "ignorePaths": ["**/archive/**", "**/**.sops.**"],
+  "ignorePaths": ["**/archive/**", "**/.archive/**", "**/**.sops.**"],
   "flux": {
     "fileMatch": ["^kube/.+\\.ya?ml$"],
   },
diff --git a/.rtx.toml b/.rtx.toml
index 861fa162..ea6665bf 100644
--- a/.rtx.toml
+++ b/.rtx.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ KUBECTL_COMMAND_HEADERS = "true"
 # kubectl = [""]
 # krew = [""]
 # kubectx = [""]
-# kustomize = [""]
+kustomize = ["5.3.0"]
 # kubecolor = [""]
 flux2 = ["2.2.3"]
 talosctl = ["1.5.4", "1.3.6"]