diff --git a/src/api/json/catalog.json b/src/api/json/catalog.json
index 5d88b60bd5a..de0378a59c5 100644
--- a/src/api/json/catalog.json
+++ b/src/api/json/catalog.json
@@ -5487,6 +5487,12 @@
         "41": "https://www.schemastore.org/renovate-global-schema-41.json"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "name": "Renovate inherited configuration",
+      "description": "Renovate configuration file (with Inherit Config options). Documentation: https://docs.renovatebot.com/configuration-options",
+      "fileMatch": [],
+      "url": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-inherited-schema.json"
+    },
     {
       "name": "RenderCV",
       "description": "RenderCV input file",
diff --git a/src/schema-validation.jsonc b/src/schema-validation.jsonc
index 24802e523b5..af988c4b53b 100644
--- a/src/schema-validation.jsonc
+++ b/src/schema-validation.jsonc
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@
     "theme-v1.json",
     "renovate.json",
     "renovate-global-schema.json",
+    "renovate-inherited-schema.json",
     "markdownlint.json",
     "geojson.json",
     "semgrep.json",
diff --git a/src/schemas/json/renovate-inherited-schema.json b/src/schemas/json/renovate-inherited-schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e11283838c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/schemas/json/renovate-inherited-schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "$ref": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-inherited-schema.json"
+}