diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f70fe33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # Also update Github actions
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      # Check for updates to GitHub Actions every week
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml
index e556270..1eaeec1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-build.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 
 name: Merge / Push Build
 
-on: [push]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+      - '1.0.x'
 
 jobs:
   publish-snapshot:
@@ -35,17 +39,17 @@ jobs:
       MAVEN_OPTS: "-Xmx4096m -Xms2048m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=4096m -Xss8m"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           architecture: x64
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
 
       - name: maven-settings-xml-action
-        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v14
+        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v22
         with:
           repositories: '[{ "id": "sonatype", "url": "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/", "releases": {"enabled": "false"}, "snapshots": {"enabled": "true" }}]'
 
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mvn -B -e clean install
 
       - name: Checkout tools repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: Commonjava/commonjava-images
           path: commonjava-images
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
index b54e53f..ea97b1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          architecture: x64
+          java-version: 17
 
       - name: maven-settings-xml-action
-        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v14
+        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v22
         with:
           repositories: '[{ "id": "sonatype", "url": "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/", "releases": {"enabled": "false"}, "snapshots": {"enabled": "true" }}]'