diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index e229c0784e37fdcf09c7de98c47d7d29249dd8f4..7f2d0dccc76861e8a7854600ffc075b6b3eea221 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,13 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     target-branch: "develop"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "⬆ "
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "develop"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "⬆ "
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
index 40a7a04b0543e99014cc22041e3fb789d4a13dd7..835ee18abfc054a2fcdd1805819dc4239b978b6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
       - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        if: ${{steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'}}
+        if: ${{steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' || steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' || steps.metadata.outputs.package-ecosystem == 'github-actions'}}
         run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}