diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 977d2766da..fa51313d94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 on:
-  workflow_call:
-    secrets:
-      github-token:
-        required: true
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   # https://github.com/fastify/github-action-merge-dependabot
   automerge:
     name: Dependabot auto-merge
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    needs:
+      - build-and-push-image
+      - test
 
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write