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Keeping your dependencies updated automatically with Dependabot version updates

You can use Dependabot to automatically keep the dependencies and packages used in your repository updated to the latest version, even when they don’t have any known vulnerabilities.

About Dependabot version updates

You can use Dependabot to keep the packages you use updated to the latest versions.

Configuring Dependabot version updates

You can configure your repository so that Dependabot automatically updates the packages you use.

Listing dependencies configured for version updates

You can view the dependencies that Dependabot monitors for updates.

Customizing dependency updates

You can customize how Dependabot maintains your dependencies.

Configuration options for the dependabot.yml file

Detailed information for all the options you can use to customize how Dependabot maintains your repositories.