diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
similarity index 53%
rename from .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve.yml
rename to .github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
index 180245b..1999b6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-name: Dependabot auto-approve
+name: Dependabot auto-merge
 on: pull_request
 
 permissions:
+  contents: write
   pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   dependabot:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == andreschaffer/http-caching-and-concurrency-examples'
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: metadata
@@ -19,3 +20,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}