diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 254d602..8640195 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 1
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "05:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    pull-request-branch-merge-strategy: "rebase"
     groups:
-      monthly-python:
+      python-dependencies:
         patterns:
           - "*"
     commit-message:
@@ -15,10 +18,13 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 1
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "05:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    pull-request-branch-merge-strategy: "rebase"
     groups:
-      monthly-actions:
+      actions-dependencies:
         patterns:
           - "*"
     commit-message:
@@ -27,10 +33,13 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 1
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "monday"
+      time: "05:00"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    pull-request-branch-merge-strategy: "rebase"
     groups:
-      monthly-docker:
+      docker-dependencies:
         patterns:
           - "*"
     commit-message:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6d9bc90..0bb518e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
+      - name: Get Python version from Dockerfile
+        id: get-version
+        run: |
+          # Extract version like "3.14" from "FROM python:3.14-slim..."
+          VERSION=$(grep -m 1 "^FROM python:" Dockerfile | sed -E 's/^FROM python:([0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/')
+          
+          if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "Error: Could not extract Python version from Dockerfile"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "Extracted version: $VERSION"
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
           cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1257739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Dependabot Automerge
+on: pull_request_target
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  automerge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable automerge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}