diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 840da337..309a9f75 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
       time: "10:00"
+    groups:
+      minor-patch:
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
     commit-message:
       prefix: "chore"
       include: "scope"
@@ -16,6 +21,11 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
       time: "10:00"
+    groups:
+      minor-patch:
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
     commit-message:
       prefix: "chore"
       include: "scope"
@@ -26,6 +36,11 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
       time: "10:00"
+    groups:
+      minor-patch:
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
     commit-message:
       prefix: "chore"
       include: "scope"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bec14b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@c9c4182bf1b97f5224aee3906fd373f6b61b4526 # v1.6.0
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        if: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' }}
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}