diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 2540d59..49f4d88 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
       ]
     }
   },
-  "postCreateCommand": "npm init -y >/dev/null 2>&1 || true && npm install --no-save prettier prettier-plugin-sh prettier-plugin-jinja-template"
+  "postCreateCommand": "npm init -y >/dev/null 2>&1 || true && npm install --no-save prettier prettier-plugin-sh prettier-plugin-jinja-template && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ripgrep"
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action-dependabot-automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/action-dependabot-automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9107d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/action-dependabot-automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Dependabot auto-merge
+
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Approve and enable auto-merge for minor/patch updates
+        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+          gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"