diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index da3aede..36469b1 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ updates:
       prefix: 'deps' # packaged dependencies
       prefix-development: 'build' # dev-dependencies
       #include: 'scope'
-    rebase-strategy: 'auto'
+    # rebase-strategy: 'auto' # use default
     schedule:
       interval: 'daily'
   - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions' # See documentation for possible values
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ updates:
       prefix: 'ci'
       #include: 'scope'
       # Scope will be handled by the auto-merge action
-    rebase-strategy: 'auto'
+    # rebase-strategy: 'auto' # use default
     schedule:
       interval: 'daily'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml
index a3cf0f1..46fa4d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml
@@ -34,14 +34,12 @@ jobs:
           title_pt1="${TITLE%%:*}"
           gh pr checkout "$PR_URL" # sets the upstream metadata for `gh pr status`
           packagename="${{ steps.dependabot-fetch.outputs.dependency-names }}"
-          #echo "packagename is $packagename"
-          #echo "$title_pt1"
-          #echo "$title_pt2"
           parensOpen="("
           parensClose="):"
           pr_title=$title_pt1$parensOpen$packagename$parensClose$title_pt2
           echo "FINAL TITLE: $pr_title"
           gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --title "$pr_title"
+          gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --add-label "dependabot" 
 
   # Auto merge Dependabot PRs for:
   # - patch updates on prod dependencies
@@ -63,10 +61,10 @@ jobs:
         if: |
           (
             steps.dependabot.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' &&
-            contains('direct:production,indirect:production', steps.dependabot.outputs.dependency-type)
+            contains('production', steps.dependabot.outputs.dependency-type)
           ) || (
             contains('version-update:semver-minor,version-update:semver-patch', steps.dependabot.outputs.update-type) &&
-            contains('direct:development,indirect:development', steps.dependabot.outputs.dependency-type)
+            contains('development', steps.dependabot.outputs.dependency-type)
           )
         run: echo "::notice ::auto-merge conditions satisfied"