diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yaml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b063201e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fcf11e357d2..7d29ce609c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@
                             <exclude>ui/legacy/**</exclude>
                             <exclude>utils/testsmallfileinactive</exclude>
                             <exclude>**/src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker</exclude>
+                            <exclude>.github/workflows/dependabot.yaml</exclude>
                         </excludes>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>