diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..730d388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for Python
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    # Check for updates once a week
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38ac025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for Python
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    # Check for updates once a week
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "dependencies"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/rebase_dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/rebase_dependencies.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5afe074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rebase_dependencies.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Automatic Rebase
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+jobs:
+  rebase:
+    name: Rebase `dependencies` with `master`
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, you will fail to push refs to dest repo
+          ref: dependencies
+      - run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+          git rebase origin/master
+          git push origin dependencies --force
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diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index 23f0231..745d00b 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ homeassistant
 jinja2
 markupsafe
 pylint
-pytest
+pytest>=8.3.4
 pytest-asyncio
 pytest-cov
 pytest-homeassistant-custom-component