diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ab4abc649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebb262967f..0490e32216 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ With ggml you can efficiently run [Whisper](examples/whisper) inference on the C
 Memory requirements:
 
 | Model  | Disk   | Mem     |
-| ---    | ---    | ---     |
-| tiny   |  75 MB | ~280 MB |
+|--------|--------|---------|
+| tiny   | 75 MB  | ~280 MB |
 | base   | 142 MB | ~430 MB |
 | small  | 466 MB | ~1.0 GB |
 | medium | 1.5 GB | ~2.6 GB |
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ python3 ../examples/gpt-2/convert-cerebras-to-ggml.py /path/to/Cerebras-GPT-111M
 The inference speeds that I get for the different models on my 32GB MacBook M1 Pro are as follows:
 
 | Model | Size  | Time / Token |
-| ---   | ---   | ---    |
-| GPT-2 |  117M |   5 ms |
-| GPT-2 |  345M |  12 ms |
-| GPT-2 |  774M |  23 ms |
-| GPT-2 | 1558M |  42 ms |
-| ---   | ---   | ---    |
-| GPT-J |    6B | 125 ms |
+|-------|-------|--------------|
+| GPT-2 | 117M  | 5 ms         |
+| GPT-2 | 345M  | 12 ms        |
+| GPT-2 | 774M  | 23 ms        |
+| GPT-2 | 1558M | 42 ms        |
+| ---   | ---   | ---          |
+| GPT-J | 6B    | 125 ms       |
 
 For more information, checkout the corresponding programs in the [examples](examples) folder.
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9be8160aa1..6ed5f0db74 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-accelerate==0.19.0
-numpy==1.24.3
-sentencepiece==0.1.98
-torch==2.0.1
-torchaudio==2.0.2
-torchvision==0.15.2
-transformers==4.29.2
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+accelerate==0.31.0
+numpy==1.26.4
+sentencepiece==0.2.0
+torch==2.3.1
+torchaudio==2.3.1
+torchvision==0.18.1
+transformers==4.41.2