diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index f678a6b..8f2fc3f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# 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
 registries:
   maven-github:
@@ -10,9 +6,19 @@ registries:
     username: bigboxer23
     password: ${{secrets.GH_PAT_FOR_ACTIONS_TOKEN}}
 updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "maven" # See documentation for possible values
-    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven"
+    directory: "/"
     registries:
       - maven-github
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "deps"
+    groups:
+      minor-patch-dependencies:
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
+      major-dependencies:
+        update-types:
+          - "major"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..901345c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, labeled]
+
+jobs:
+  enable-automerge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PR
+        uses: peter-evans/enable-pull-request-automerge@v3
+        with:
+          pull-request-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          merge-method: squash  # or 'merge' or 'rebase'
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5794d59..1bc571a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.bigboxer23</groupId>
   <artifactId>switchbotapi-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.0</version>
+  <version>1.2.1</version>
 
   <name>switchbotapi-java</name>
   <url>https://github.com/bigboxer23/switchbotapi-java</url>