diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index afa997cd1f..32879ac906 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@
     "vite/**"
   ],
   "customManagers": [
+    {
+      "description": "Update the Nushell release used by CLI snapshot tests.",
+      "customType": "regex",
+      "managerFilePatterns": ["/^\\.github/workflows/ci\\.yml$/"],
+      "matchStrings": [
+        "# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=nushell/nushell\\s+version: '(?<currentValue>[^']+)'"
+      ],
+      "depNameTemplate": "nushell/nushell",
+      "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
+    },
     {
       "description": "Keep the exact setup-vp migration target current.",
       "customType": "regex",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 27b25b776a..34b5bb5c0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1061,11 +1061,12 @@ jobs:
             "$snapshot_shell" --version
           done
 
-      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-nu
+      # Includes release lookup retries: https://github.com/hustcer/setup-nu/pull/225.
       - name: Install Nushell
-        uses: hustcer/setup-nu@ccd5bb5426b05a32009c2ba967946231f3919c97 # v3.25
+        uses: hustcer/setup-nu@eacad52a4634c4f8d17a94916f93be6856861b9c # v3.29
         with:
-          version: '*'
+          # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=nushell/nushell
+          version: '0.116.1'
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-ci-node