diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 1de5552206ed..90c5a18d9f6d 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     {
       "customType": "regex",
       "fileMatch": [
-        "war/pom.xml"
+        "pom.xml"
       ],
       "matchStrings": [
         "<node.version>(?<currentValue>.*?)</node.version>"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c09d79fcf8c4..55e1eebe8e09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,3 +79,6 @@ node_modules/
 
 # Generated JavaScript Bundles
 jsbundles
+
+# jenkins generated npm lock files at build time, however that should not be checked in ever
+package-lock.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index d2f4700a3ab7..ab76ec3d0fba 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ MAVEN_OPTS='--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/ja
 
 ### Running the Yarn frontend build
 
+**NOTE** If you are already use a system that has yarn installed globally, you do not need to change your path.
+
 To run the Yarn frontend build, after [building the WAR file](#building-the-war-file), add the downloaded versions of Node and Yarn to your path:
 
 ```sh