From ea0e7abfd5507d7fde80bfafce3d849cc96ba7a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicola Soranzo <nicola.soranzo@earlham.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:42:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Enable dependabot version updates for GitHub actions

---
 .github/dependabot.yml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/dependabot.yml

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a1e6032c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"