diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/helpers.preset.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/helpers.preset.ts
index 1e9741ce545..67fc2ca909b 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/helpers.preset.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/helpers.preset.ts
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
       {
         extends: ['helpers:pinGitHubActionDigests'],
         extractVersion: '^(?<version>v?\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)$',
-        versioning:
-          'regex:^v?(?<major>\\d+)(\\.(?<minor>\\d+)\\.(?<patch>\\d+))?$',
       },
     ],
   },
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
index 84209917216..2f1ab365b53 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ exports[`modules/manager/github-actions/extract > extractPackageFile() > extract
     "depName": "docker/setup-qemu-action",
     "depType": "action",
     "replaceString": "docker/setup-qemu-action@c308fdd69d26ed66f4506ebd74b180abe5362145 # renovate: tag=v1.1.0",
-    "versioning": "docker",
+    "versioning": "semver-partial",
   },
   {
     "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}@{{#if newDigest}}{{newDigest}}{{#if newValue}} # {{newValue}}{{/if}}{{/if}}{{#unless newDigest}}{{newValue}}{{/unless}}",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ exports[`modules/manager/github-actions/extract > extractPackageFile() > extract
     "depName": "actions/checkout",
     "depType": "action",
     "replaceString": "actions/checkout@1.0.0",
-    "versioning": "docker",
+    "versioning": "semver-partial",
   },
   {
     "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}@{{#if newDigest}}{{newDigest}}{{#if newValue}} # {{newValue}}{{/if}}{{/if}}{{#unless newDigest}}{{newValue}}{{/unless}}",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exports[`modules/manager/github-actions/extract > extractPackageFile() > extract
     "enabled": false,
     "replaceString": "docker/setup-qemu-action@c308fdd69d26ed66f4506ebd74b180abe5362145",
     "skipReason": "unversioned-reference",
-    "versioning": "docker",
+    "versioning": "semver-partial",
   },
   {
     "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}@{{#if newDigest}}{{newDigest}}{{#if newValue}} # {{newValue}}{{/if}}{{/if}}{{#unless newDigest}}{{newValue}}{{/unless}}",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ exports[`modules/manager/github-actions/extract > extractPackageFile() > extract
     "depName": "docker/build-push-action",
     "depType": "action",
     "replaceString": "docker/build-push-action@v2",
-    "versioning": "docker",
+    "versioning": "semver-partial",
   },
   {
     "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}@{{#if newDigest}}{{newDigest}}{{#if newValue}} # {{newValue}}{{/if}}{{/if}}{{#unless newDigest}}{{newValue}}{{/unless}}",
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ exports[`modules/manager/github-actions/extract > extractPackageFile() > extract
     "depName": "actions/checkout",
     "depType": "action",
     "replaceString": "actions/checkout@ec3a7ce113134d7a93b817d10a8272cb61118579 # tag=v2.4.0",
-    "versioning": "docker",
+    "versioning": "semver-partial",
   },
   {
     "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}@{{#if newDigest}}{{newDigest}}{{#if newValue}} # {{newValue}}{{/if}}{{/if}}{{#unless newDigest}}{{newValue}}{{/unless}}",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ exports[`modules/manager/github-actions/extract > extractPackageFile() > extract
     "depName": "actions-rs/toolchain",
     "depType": "action",
     "replaceString": "actions-rs/toolchain@16499b5e05bf2e26879000db0c1d13f7e13fa3af # renovate: tag=v1.0.7",
-    "versioning": "docker",
+    "versioning": "semver-partial",
   },
   {
     "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}@{{#if newDigest}}{{newDigest}}{{#if newValue}} # {{newValue}}{{/if}}{{/if}}{{#unless newDigest}}{{newValue}}{{/unless}}",
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ exports[`modules/manager/github-actions/extract > extractPackageFile() > extract
     "depName": "actions-rs/cargo",
     "depType": "action",
     "replaceString": "actions-rs/cargo@v1.0.3",
-    "versioning": "docker",
+    "versioning": "semver-partial",
   },
   {
     "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}-{{newValue}}",
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
index 7d6165c3596..916269c3390 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'pascalgn/automerge-action',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: '"pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.13.1"',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           currentValue: 'v2.3.5',
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString:
             'actions/checkout@1e204e9a9253d643386038d443f96446fa156a97 # renovate: tag=v2.3.5',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           currentValue: 'v1',
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/checkout',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/checkout@v1',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           currentValue: 'v1.1.2',
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/checkout',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: '"actions/checkout@v1.1.2"',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           currentValue: '1.37.0-glibc',
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
           datasource: 'github-tags',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString:
             'actions/setup-node@56337c425554a6be30cdef71bf441f15be286854 # tag=v3.1.1',
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
           datasource: 'github-tags',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString:
             "'actions/setup-node@1f8c6b94b26d0feae1e387ca63ccbdc44d27b561' # tag=v3.1.1",
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
           datasource: 'github-tags',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString:
             '"actions/setup-node@1f8c6b94b26d0feae1e387ca63ccbdc44d27b561" # tag=v2.5.1',
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/checkout',
           commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
           datasource: 'github-tags',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: '"actions/checkout@v2"',
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-java',
           commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
           datasource: 'github-tags',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: '"actions/setup-java@v2"',
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
       expect(res?.deps[0]).toEqual({
         depName: 'actions/checkout',
         commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
-        versioning: 'docker',
+        versioning: 'semver-partial',
         depType: 'action',
         replaceString:
           'actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v4',
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
       expect(res?.deps[0]).toEqual({
         depName: 'actions/checkout',
         commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
-        versioning: 'docker',
+        versioning: 'semver-partial',
         depType: 'action',
         replaceString: 'actions/checkout@c85c95e # v4',
         autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-node@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-node@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-go',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-go@v5',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-python',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-python@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-node@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           depName: 'node',
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-node@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-node@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-go',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-go@v5',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-python',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-python@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           autoReplaceStringTemplate:
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
           depName: 'actions/setup-node',
           depType: 'action',
           replaceString: 'actions/setup-node@v3',
-          versioning: 'docker',
+          versioning: 'semver-partial',
         },
         {
           depName: 'node',
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
index e065a6e02c9..b9118f889a8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import * as dockerVersioning from '../../versioning/docker/index.ts';
 import * as exactVersioning from '../../versioning/exact/index.ts';
 import * as nodeVersioning from '../../versioning/node/index.ts';
 import * as npmVersioning from '../../versioning/npm/index.ts';
+import * as semverPartialVersioning from '../../versioning/semver-partial/index.ts';
 import { getDep } from '../dockerfile/extract.ts';
 import type {
   ExtractConfig,
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ function extractRepositoryAction(
   const dep: PackageDependency = {
     depName,
     commitMessageTopic: '{{{depName}}} action',
-    versioning: dockerVersioning.id,
+    versioning: semverPartialVersioning.id,
     depType: 'action',
     replaceString: valueString,
     autoReplaceStringTemplate: `${quote}{{depName}}${pathSuffix}@{{#if newDigest}}{{newDigest}}${quote}{{#if newValue}}${commentWs}# {{newValue}}{{/if}}{{/if}}{{#unless newDigest}}{{newValue}}${quote}{{/unless}}`,