diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0f9548d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# 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/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 100
diff --git a/.github/workflows/licensed.yml b/.github/workflows/licensed.yml
index 7afc7a306..067f6225b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/licensed.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/licensed.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # prefer to use a full fetch for licensed workflows
       # https://github.com/jonabc/setup-licensed/releases/tag/v1.1.1
-      - uses: jonabc/setup-licensed@82c5f4d19e8968efa74a25b132922382c2671fe2
+      - uses: jonabc/setup-licensed@v1
         with:
           version: '3.x'
       - uses: ./.github/actions/install-dependencies
+      - run: licensed cache
       - run: licensed status