diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 2fc5704c..e0f1996e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,25 @@ jobs:
       - uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@f00437f565399d418b0acc85936d12c1fb668347 # v0.10.1
       - run: pixi run lint
       - run: pixi run build-docs
+
+  dependabot:
+    needs: [checks]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@25dd0e34f4fe68f24cc83900b1fe3fe149efef98 # v3.1.0
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Approve and enable auto-merge
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
+        run: |
+          gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+          gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d579b44c..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-name: Dependabot auto-merge
-on: pull_request
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  auto-merge:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
-    steps:
-      - name: Fetch dependabot metadata
-        id: metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@25dd0e34f4fe68f24cc83900b1fe3fe149efef98 # v3.1.0
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Enable auto-merge
-        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}