diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54a52faba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+    # Main extension dependencies
+    - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+      directory: "/"
+      schedule:
+          interval: "weekly"
+      ignore:
+          # Ignore all non-security updates (security vulnerabilities bypass these ignore rules)
+          - dependency-name: "*"
+            update-types:
+                - "version-update:semver-major"
+                - "version-update:semver-minor"
+                - "version-update:semver-patch"
+
+    # Webview UI dependencies
+    - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+      directory: "/webview-ui"
+      schedule:
+          interval: "weekly"
+      ignore:
+          # Ignore CRA and related packages that often have false positives
+          - dependency-name: "react-scripts"
+          - dependency-name: "@testing-library/*"
+          - dependency-name: "web-vitals"
+          - dependency-name: "*"
+            update-types:
+                - "version-update:semver-major"
+                - "version-update:semver-minor"
+                - "version-update:semver-patch"