diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edf307b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily" 
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "black"
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 8f7bbb1b2..9f03adf0d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ These features will be included in the next release:
 
 Added
 -----
+- Dependabot configuration for automatically opening prs for package version 
+  upgrades
 - New exit codes 2 for file not found, 3 for invalid command line arguments, 4 for
   missing dependencies and 123 for unknown failures.
 - Display exit code in parentheses after error message.