diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..945d5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Auto-merge Dependabot PRs
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Test"]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  auto-merge:
+    if: >-
+      github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' &&
+      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' &&
+      github.event.workflow_run.actor.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Find and merge Dependabot PR
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
+        run: |
+          pr_number=$(gh api "repos/$REPO/commits/$HEAD_SHA/pulls" \
+            --jq 'map(select(.user.login == "dependabot[bot]")) | .[0].number')
+          if [ -z "$pr_number" ] || [ "$pr_number" = "null" ]; then
+            echo "No Dependabot PR found for SHA $HEAD_SHA"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          gh pr review --approve "$pr_number" -R "$REPO"
+          gh pr merge --squash "$pr_number" -R "$REPO"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-template.sh b/.github/workflows/generate-template.sh
index b650af9..eaa798e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-template.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-template.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' entry; do
     fi
 done < <("${FILE_CMD[@]}")
 
-# Remove files only needed for template generation
-rm --recursive --force -- "$DEST/.template" "$DEST/.github/workflows/generate-template."{yml,sh}
+# Remove files only needed for template generation or this specific repo
+rm --recursive --force -- "$DEST/.template" "$DEST/.github/workflows/generate-template."{yml,sh} "$DEST/.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml"
 
 # Normalize version so generated projects don't inherit the template repo's version
 sed --in-place 's/^version = ".*"/version = "0.1.0"/' "$DEST/pyproject.toml"