diff --git a/.github/workflows/update.yml b/.github/workflows/update.yml
index e77e521..0ae6bf7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         commit-message: Update to 1.3.${{env.VOLK_VERSION}}
         title: Update to 1.3.${{env.VOLK_VERSION}}
         author: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
+    - name: enable pr automerge
+      run: gh pr merge --merge --auto "1"
+      continue-on-error: true