diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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index 00000000..4f847204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 2
+
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+
+  - package-ecosystem: pip
+    directory: /office
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
diff --git a/src/dependencyUpdateAutomation.test.ts b/src/dependencyUpdateAutomation.test.ts
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index 00000000..bbb9211b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dependencyUpdateAutomation.test.ts
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+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const CONFIG_PATH = '.github/dependabot.yml';
+
+function normalizeYamlText(source: string): string {
+    return source.replace(/"/gu, '');
+}
+
+function escapeRegExp(source: string): string {
+    return source.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/gu, '\\$&');
+}
+
+function assertSupportedUpdateEntries(config: string): void {
+    expect(config).toMatch(/^version:\s*2\s*$/mu);
+    const updates = config.split(/(?=^[ \t]*-[ \t]+package-ecosystem:)/mu).slice(1);
+    expect(updates).toHaveLength(2);
+
+    for (const [ecosystem, directory] of [
+        ['github-actions', '/'],
+        ['pip', '/office'],
+    ] as const) {
+        expect(updates).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([
+            expect.stringMatching(new RegExp(
+                String.raw`^\s*-\s+package-ecosystem:\s*${escapeRegExp(ecosystem)}\s*$[\s\S]*?^\s+directory:\s*${escapeRegExp(directory)}\s*$[\s\S]*?^\s+schedule:\s*$\n^\s+interval:\s*weekly\s*$`,
+                'mu',
+            )),
+        ]));
+    }
+}
+
+describe('dependency update automation', () => {
+    it('keeps supported Office and GitHub Actions dependencies on a bounded weekly update path', () => {
+        assertSupportedUpdateEntries(normalizeYamlText(readFileSync(CONFIG_PATH, 'utf8')));
+    });
+
+    it.each(['monthly', 'daily'])('rejects an Actions %s schedule even when Office remains weekly', (interval) => {
+        const config = normalizeYamlText(readFileSync(CONFIG_PATH, 'utf8'))
+            .replace('interval: weekly', `interval: ${interval}`);
+
+        expect(() => assertSupportedUpdateEntries(config)).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('does not add unsupported pnpm 11 or credential-bearing registry configuration', () => {
+        const config = normalizeYamlText(readFileSync(CONFIG_PATH, 'utf8'));
+
+        expect(config).not.toMatch(/package-ecosystem:\s*npm\b/u);
+        expect(config).not.toMatch(/^registries:/mu);
+        expect(config).not.toContain('${{ secrets.');
+        expect(config).not.toMatch(/^\s+(?:username|password|token):/mu);
+    });
+});