diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for npm
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    # Look for "package.json" and "lock" files in the root directory
+    directory: "/"
+    # Check the npm registry for updates every day (weekdays)
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    # Prefix all commit messages with "npm"  
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "[npm]"  
+    # ignore all major(BREAKING-CHANGE) version updates
+    ignore: 
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    # Allow up to 10 open pull requests for npm dependencies
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    # Separate sections of the branch name with a hyphen
+    pull-request-branch-name:
+      separator: "-"  
+    # Always increase the version in both "package.json" and "lock" files   
+    versioning-strategy: increase
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot-prs.yml
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+name: Merge Dependabot PRs
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions: write-all
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1.1.1
+        with:
+          github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+      - name: Approve a PR
+        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}