diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index a4a0cf03..01551feb 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ updates:
     directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: "production"
+      - dependency-type: "development"
+        update-types:
+          - "version-update:semver-minor"
+          - "version-update:semver-patch"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      prefix-development: "chore(dev-deps)"
     # CI restores packages from the Central Feed Service, which withholds
     # upstream versions until they are roughly a week old (measured at ~6.8
     # days; both the packument entry and the tarball return 404 before then).