diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index f575ec7..9e1a87f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,34 +1,20 @@
-# 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
-
-# `dependabot.yml` file with updates
-# disabled for Docker and limited for npm
+# Basic `dependabot.yml` file with
+# minimum configuration for two package managers
 
 version: 2
 updates:
-  # Configuration for Dockerfile
-  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+  # Enable version updates for npm
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    # Look for `package.json` and `lock` files in the `root` directory
     directory: "/"
+    # Check the npm registry for updates every day (weekdays)
     schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
-      # Disable all pull requests for Docker dependencies
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 0
+      interval: "daily"
 
-  # Configuration for npm
-  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+  # Enable version updates for Docker
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    # Look for a `Dockerfile` in the `root` directory
     directory: "/"
+    # Check for updates once a week
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-    ignore:
-      # Ignore updates to packages that start with 'aws'
-      # Wildcards match zero or more arbitrary characters
-      - dependency-name: "aws*"
-      # Ignore some updates to the 'express' package
-      - dependency-name: "express"
-        # Ignore only new versions for 4.x and 5.x
-        versions: ["4.x", "5.x"]
-      # For all packages, ignore all patch updates
-      - dependency-name: "*"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]