diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 9c8bd55..2185b6d 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       "customType": "regex",
       "managerFilePatterns": ["**/action.yml"],
       "matchStrings": [
-        "##\\s*renovate:\\s*datasource=(?<datasource>[^\\s]+)\\s+depName=(?<depName>[^\\s]+)\\n\\s*[A-Z_]+(?:_VERSION)?\\s*:\\s*[\"']?(?<currentValue>[^\\s\"'#]+)[\"']?"
+        "#+\\s*renovate:\\s*datasource=(?<datasource>[^\\s]+)\\s+depName=(?<depName>[^\\s]+)\\s+[A-Z0-9_]+\\s*:\\s*[\"']?(?<currentValue>[^\\s\"'#]+)[\"']?"
       ],
       "description": "match any pinned dependency using SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE naming as ENV"
     }
diff --git a/ssh-copy/action.yml b/ssh-copy/action.yml
index a06c990..babde59 100644
--- a/ssh-copy/action.yml
+++ b/ssh-copy/action.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: ssh-keyscan -H "${{ inputs.host }}" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
-    ## replace with rsync for proper synchronization
-    - name: copy directory
+    - name: install rsync
+      shell: bash
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y rsync
+
+    - name: rsync directory
       shell: bash
       run: |
         scp -r ${{ inputs.source }} ${{ inputs.user }}@${{ inputs.host }}:${{ inputs.target }}
+        rsync -avz --delete ${{ inputs.source }} ${{ inputs.user }}@${{ inputs.host }}:${{ inputs.target }}