diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "develop"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    groups:
+      minor-and-patch:
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "develop"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
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+name: Dependabot Auto-Merge
+
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Approve patch and minor updates
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Auto-merge patch and minor updates
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-ci.yml
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+name: Dependabot CI
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    branches: [develop, main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  statuses: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout PR code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - name: Set up Go 1.25
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.25'
+
+      - name: Vet
+        run: go vet ./...
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: go test -v -race -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: go build -o /dev/null .
+
+      - name: Report build status
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ job.status }}" = "success" ]; then
+            STATE="success"
+            DESC="Dependabot build passed"
+          else
+            STATE="failure"
+            DESC="Dependabot build failed"
+          fi
+          gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}" \
+            -f state="$STATE" \
+            -f context="build-and-test / build-and-test" \
+            -f description="$DESC" \
+            -f target_url="${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"