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+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+
+# Taken and adapted from:
+# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/working-with-dependabot/automating-dependabot-with-github-actions#enable-auto-merge-on-a-pull-request
+
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+
+    steps:
+      - id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' }}
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}