diff --git a/lib/manager/regex/index.ts b/lib/manager/regex/index.ts
index a5a327051ae109..7557012ad67dc5 100644
--- a/lib/manager/regex/index.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/regex/index.ts
@@ -1,180 +1,16 @@
-import { URL } from 'url';
-import { logger } from '../../logger';
-import { regEx } from '../../util/regex';
-import * as template from '../../util/template';
 import type {
   CustomExtractConfig,
   PackageDependency,
   PackageFile,
   Result,
 } from '../types';
-import type { ExtractionTemplate } from './types';
+import { handleAny, handleCombination, handleRecursive } from './strategies';
+import { validMatchFields } from './utils';
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
   pinDigests: false,
 };
 
-const validMatchFields = [
-  'depName',
-  'lookupName',
-  'currentValue',
-  'currentDigest',
-  'datasource',
-  'versioning',
-  'extractVersion',
-  'registryUrl',
-  'depType',
-];
-
-function regexMatchAll(regex: RegExp, content: string): RegExpMatchArray[] {
-  const matches: RegExpMatchArray[] = [];
-  let matchResult;
-  do {
-    matchResult = regex.exec(content);
-    if (matchResult) {
-      matches.push(matchResult);
-    }
-  } while (matchResult);
-  return matches;
-}
-
-function createDependency(
-  extractionTemplate: ExtractionTemplate,
-  config: CustomExtractConfig,
-  dep?: PackageDependency
-): PackageDependency {
-  const dependency = dep || {};
-  const { groups, replaceString } = extractionTemplate;
-
-  function updateDependency(field: string, value: string): void {
-    switch (field) {
-      case 'registryUrl':
-        // check if URL is valid and pack inside an array
-        try {
-          const url = new URL(value).toString();
-          dependency.registryUrls = [url];
-        } catch (err) {
-          logger.warn({ value }, 'Invalid regex manager registryUrl');
-        }
-        break;
-      default:
-        dependency[field] = value;
-        break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (const field of validMatchFields) {
-    const fieldTemplate = `${field}Template`;
-    if (config[fieldTemplate]) {
-      try {
-        const compiled = template.compile(config[fieldTemplate], groups, false);
-        updateDependency(field, compiled);
-      } catch (err) {
-        logger.warn(
-          { template: config[fieldTemplate] },
-          'Error compiling template for custom manager'
-        );
-        return null;
-      }
-    } else if (groups[field]) {
-      updateDependency(field, groups[field]);
-    }
-  }
-  dependency.replaceString = replaceString;
-  return dependency;
-}
-
-function handleAny(
-  content: string,
-  packageFile: string,
-  config: CustomExtractConfig
-): PackageDependency[] {
-  return config.matchStrings
-    .map((matchString) => regEx(matchString, 'g'))
-    .flatMap((regex) => regexMatchAll(regex, content)) // match all regex to content, get all matches, reduce to single array
-    .map((matchResult) =>
-      createDependency(
-        { groups: matchResult.groups, replaceString: matchResult[0] },
-        config
-      )
-    );
-}
-
-function mergeGroups(
-  mergedGroup: Record<string, string>,
-  secondGroup: Record<string, string>
-): Record<string, string> {
-  return { ...mergedGroup, ...secondGroup };
-}
-
-export function mergeExtractionTemplate(
-  base: ExtractionTemplate,
-  addition: ExtractionTemplate
-): ExtractionTemplate {
-  return {
-    groups: mergeGroups(base.groups, addition.groups),
-    replaceString: addition.replaceString ?? base.replaceString,
-  };
-}
-
-function handleCombination(
-  content: string,
-  packageFile: string,
-  config: CustomExtractConfig
-): PackageDependency[] {
-  const matches = config.matchStrings
-    .map((matchString) => regEx(matchString, 'g'))
-    .flatMap((regex) => regexMatchAll(regex, content)); // match all regex to content, get all matches, reduce to single array
-
-  if (!matches.length) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
-  const extraction = matches
-    .map((match) => ({
-      groups: match.groups,
-      replaceString: match?.groups?.currentValue ? match[0] : undefined,
-    }))
-    .reduce((base, addition) => mergeExtractionTemplate(base, addition));
-  return [createDependency(extraction, config)];
-}
-
-function handleRecursive(
-  content: string,
-  packageFile: string,
-  config: CustomExtractConfig,
-  index = 0,
-  combinedGroups: Record<string, string> = {}
-): PackageDependency[] {
-  const regexes = config.matchStrings.map((matchString) =>
-    regEx(matchString, 'g')
-  );
-  // abort if we have no matchString anymore
-  if (!regexes[index]) {
-    return [];
-  }
-  return regexMatchAll(regexes[index], content).flatMap((match) => {
-    // if we have a depName and a currentValue which have the minimal viable definition
-    if (match?.groups?.depName && match?.groups?.currentValue) {
-      return createDependency(
-        {
-          groups: mergeGroups(combinedGroups, match.groups),
-          replaceString: match[0],
-        },
-        config
-      );
-    }
-
-    return handleRecursive(
-      match[0],
-      packageFile,
-      config,
-      index + 1,
-      mergeGroups(combinedGroups, match.groups || {})
-    );
-  });
-}
-
 export function extractPackageFile(
   content: string,
   packageFile: string,
diff --git a/lib/manager/regex/strategies.ts b/lib/manager/regex/strategies.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0e1afab28f0e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/manager/regex/strategies.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { regEx } from '../../util/regex';
+import type { CustomExtractConfig, PackageDependency } from '../types';
+import {
+  createDependency,
+  mergeExtractionTemplate,
+  mergeGroups,
+  regexMatchAll,
+} from './utils';
+
+export function handleAny(
+  content: string,
+  packageFile: string,
+  config: CustomExtractConfig
+): PackageDependency[] {
+  return config.matchStrings
+    .map((matchString) => regEx(matchString, 'g'))
+    .flatMap((regex) => regexMatchAll(regex, content)) // match all regex to content, get all matches, reduce to single array
+    .map((matchResult) =>
+      createDependency(
+        { groups: matchResult.groups, replaceString: matchResult[0] },
+        config
+      )
+    );
+}
+
+export function handleCombination(
+  content: string,
+  packageFile: string,
+  config: CustomExtractConfig
+): PackageDependency[] {
+  const matches = config.matchStrings
+    .map((matchString) => regEx(matchString, 'g'))
+    .flatMap((regex) => regexMatchAll(regex, content)); // match all regex to content, get all matches, reduce to single array
+
+  if (!matches.length) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const extraction = matches
+    .map((match) => ({
+      groups: match.groups,
+      replaceString: match?.groups?.currentValue ? match[0] : undefined,
+    }))
+    .reduce((base, addition) => mergeExtractionTemplate(base, addition));
+  return [createDependency(extraction, config)];
+}
+
+export function handleRecursive(
+  content: string,
+  packageFile: string,
+  config: CustomExtractConfig,
+  index = 0,
+  combinedGroups: Record<string, string> = {}
+): PackageDependency[] {
+  const regexes = config.matchStrings.map((matchString) =>
+    regEx(matchString, 'g')
+  );
+  // abort if we have no matchString anymore
+  if (!regexes[index]) {
+    return [];
+  }
+  return regexMatchAll(regexes[index], content).flatMap((match) => {
+    // if we have a depName and a currentValue which have the minimal viable definition
+    if (match?.groups?.depName && match?.groups?.currentValue) {
+      return createDependency(
+        {
+          groups: mergeGroups(combinedGroups, match.groups),
+          replaceString: match[0],
+        },
+        config
+      );
+    }
+
+    return handleRecursive(
+      match[0],
+      packageFile,
+      config,
+      index + 1,
+      mergeGroups(combinedGroups, match.groups || {})
+    );
+  });
+}
diff --git a/lib/manager/regex/utils.ts b/lib/manager/regex/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c5059f9882f7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/manager/regex/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { URL } from 'url';
+import { logger } from '../../logger';
+import * as template from '../../util/template';
+import type { CustomExtractConfig, PackageDependency } from '../types';
+import type { ExtractionTemplate } from './types';
+
+export const validMatchFields = [
+  'depName',
+  'lookupName',
+  'currentValue',
+  'currentDigest',
+  'datasource',
+  'versioning',
+  'extractVersion',
+  'registryUrl',
+  'depType',
+];
+
+export function createDependency(
+  extractionTemplate: ExtractionTemplate,
+  config: CustomExtractConfig,
+  dep?: PackageDependency
+): PackageDependency {
+  const dependency = dep || {};
+  const { groups, replaceString } = extractionTemplate;
+
+  function updateDependency(field: string, value: string): void {
+    switch (field) {
+      case 'registryUrl':
+        // check if URL is valid and pack inside an array
+        try {
+          const url = new URL(value).toString();
+          dependency.registryUrls = [url];
+        } catch (err) {
+          logger.warn({ value }, 'Invalid regex manager registryUrl');
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        dependency[field] = value;
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const field of validMatchFields) {
+    const fieldTemplate = `${field}Template`;
+    if (config[fieldTemplate]) {
+      try {
+        const compiled = template.compile(config[fieldTemplate], groups, false);
+        updateDependency(field, compiled);
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger.warn(
+          { template: config[fieldTemplate] },
+          'Error compiling template for custom manager'
+        );
+        return null;
+      }
+    } else if (groups[field]) {
+      updateDependency(field, groups[field]);
+    }
+  }
+  dependency.replaceString = replaceString;
+  return dependency;
+}
+
+export function regexMatchAll(
+  regex: RegExp,
+  content: string
+): RegExpMatchArray[] {
+  const matches: RegExpMatchArray[] = [];
+  let matchResult;
+  do {
+    matchResult = regex.exec(content);
+    if (matchResult) {
+      matches.push(matchResult);
+    }
+  } while (matchResult);
+  return matches;
+}
+
+export function mergeGroups(
+  mergedGroup: Record<string, string>,
+  secondGroup: Record<string, string>
+): Record<string, string> {
+  return { ...mergedGroup, ...secondGroup };
+}
+
+export function mergeExtractionTemplate(
+  base: ExtractionTemplate,
+  addition: ExtractionTemplate
+): ExtractionTemplate {
+  return {
+    groups: mergeGroups(base.groups, addition.groups),
+    replaceString: addition.replaceString ?? base.replaceString,
+  };
+}