diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/__fixtures__/valid-contents.yaml b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/__fixtures__/valid-contents.yaml
index 9492aebf173199..23f317ea994d35 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/__fixtures__/valid-contents.yaml
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/__fixtures__/valid-contents.yaml
@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ directories:
     git:
       url: https://github.com/test/test
       ref: "7.10.1"
+  # Normal GithubRelease Repo
+  - path: custom-repo-custom-version
+    githubRelease:
+      slug: test/test
+      tag: "7.10.1"
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.spec.ts
index 66fd02e686ad05..f34a482b734997 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.spec.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ describe('modules/manager/vendir/extract', () => {
             packageName: 'https://github.com/test/test',
             datasource: 'git-refs',
           },
+          {
+            currentValue: '7.10.1',
+            depName: 'test/test',
+            packageName: 'test/test',
+            datasource: 'github-releases',
+          },
         ],
       });
     });
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.ts
index 34b1387dab0aba..00526d5ba894ca 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/extract.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { getHttpUrl } from '../../../util/git/url';
 import { parseSingleYaml } from '../../../util/yaml';
 import { GitRefsDatasource } from '../../datasource/git-refs';
+import { GithubReleasesDatasource } from '../../datasource/github-releases';
 import { HelmDatasource } from '../../datasource/helm';
 import { getDep } from '../dockerfile/extract';
 import { isOCIRegistry } from '../helmv3/utils';
@@ -12,14 +13,12 @@ import type {
 } from '../types';
 import {
   GitRefDefinition,
+  GithubReleaseDefinition,
   HelmChartDefinition,
   Vendir,
   VendirDefinition,
 } from './schema';
 
-// TODO: Add support for other vendir types (like git tags, github releases, etc.)
-// Recommend looking at the kustomize manager for more information on support.
-
 export function extractHelmChart(
   helmChart: HelmChartDefinition,
   aliases?: Record<string, string> | undefined,
@@ -63,6 +62,18 @@ export function extractGitSource(
   };
 }
 
+export function extractGithubReleaseSource(
+  githubRelease: GithubReleaseDefinition,
+): PackageDependency | null {
+  return {
+    depName: githubRelease.slug,
+    packageName: githubRelease.slug,
+    depType: 'GithubRelease',
+    currentValue: githubRelease.tag,
+    datasource: GithubReleasesDatasource.id,
+  };
+}
+
 export function parseVendir(
   content: string,
   packageFile?: string,
@@ -104,6 +115,11 @@ export function extractPackageFile(
       if (dep) {
         deps.push(dep);
       }
+    } else if ('githubRelease' in content && content.githubRelease) {
+      const dep = extractGithubReleaseSource(content.githubRelease);
+      if (dep) {
+        deps.push(dep);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/readme.md b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/readme.md
index a9861052c993ce..6ab7931a72ba3d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/readme.md
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/readme.md
@@ -58,3 +58,20 @@ directories:
         depth: 1
         ...
 ```
+
+### GithubRelease
+
+Renovates supporting explicit tags in for github releases in vendir.yml
+
+```yaml title="Example github vendir.yml"
+directories:
+  - path: config/_ytt_lib
+    contents:
+      path: github.com/cloudfoundry/cf-k8s-networking
+      githubRelease:
+        # slug for repository (org/repo) (required)
+        slug: k14s/kapp-controller
+        # use release tag (optional)
+        # optional if tagSelection is specified (available in v0.22.0+)
+        tag: v0.1.0
+```
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/schema.ts b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/schema.ts
index 03418dc0eac191..93c5a7d99245e7 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/vendir/schema.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/vendir/schema.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ export const GitRef = z.object({
   depth: z.number().optional(),
 });
 
+export const GithubRelease = z.object({
+  slug: z.string(),
+  tag: z.string(),
+});
+
 export const HelmChart = z.object({
   name: z.string(),
   version: z.string(),
@@ -30,7 +35,16 @@ export const GitRefContent = z.object({
   git: GitRef,
 });
 
-export const Contents = z.union([HelmChartContent, GitRefContent]);
+export const GithubReleaseContent = z.object({
+  path: z.string(),
+  githubRelease: GithubRelease,
+});
+
+export const Contents = z.union([
+  HelmChartContent,
+  GitRefContent,
+  GithubReleaseContent,
+]);
 
 export const Vendir = VendirResource.extend({
   directories: z.array(
@@ -44,3 +58,4 @@ export const Vendir = VendirResource.extend({
 export type VendirDefinition = z.infer<typeof Vendir>;
 export type HelmChartDefinition = z.infer<typeof HelmChart>;
 export type GitRefDefinition = z.infer<typeof GitRef>;
+export type GithubReleaseDefinition = z.infer<typeof GithubRelease>;