diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index 10de4bc7c..e7b0dcead 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -6,108 +6,24 @@
 # to meet your needs, then regenerate this file.
 
 pull_request_rules:
-- name: merge scala-steward's PRs
-  conditions:
-  - author=scala-steward
-  - body~=labels:.*early-semver-patch
-  - status-success=Build and Test (ubuntu-latest, 2.12, temurin@8)
-  - status-success=Build and Test (ubuntu-latest, 2.13, temurin@8)
-  - status-success=Build and Test (ubuntu-latest, 3, temurin@8)
-  actions:
-    merge: {}
-- name: Label benchmark PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/benchmark/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - benchmark
-      remove: []
-- name: Label cats PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/cats/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - cats
-      remove: []
-- name: Label core PRs
+- name: label scala-steward's PRs
   conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/core/
+  - or:
+    - author=scala-steward
+    - author=scala-steward[bot]
   actions:
     label:
       add:
-      - core
+      - dependency-update
       remove: []
-- name: Label docs PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/docs/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - docs
-      remove: []
-- name: Label eval PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/eval/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - eval
-      remove: []
-- name: Label jsonpath PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/jsonpath/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - jsonpath
-      remove: []
-- name: Label pureconfig PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/pureconfig/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - pureconfig
-      remove: []
-- name: Label scalacheck PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/scalacheck/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - scalacheck
-      remove: []
-- name: Label scalaz PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/scalaz/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - scalaz
-      remove: []
-- name: Label scodec PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/scodec/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - scodec
-      remove: []
-- name: Label scopt PRs
-  conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/scopt/
-  actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - scopt
-      remove: []
-- name: Label shapeless PRs
+- name: merge scala-steward's PRs
   conditions:
-  - files~=^modules/shapeless/
+  - or:
+    - author=scala-steward
+    - author=scala-steward[bot]
+  - status-success=Build and Test (ubuntu-latest, 2.12, temurin@8)
+  - status-success=Build and Test (ubuntu-latest, 2.13, temurin@8)
+  - status-success=Build and Test (ubuntu-latest, 3, temurin@8)
   actions:
-    label:
-      add:
-      - shapeless
-      remove: []
+    merge:
+      method: merge
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 6164c3c7f..2449174db 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -112,6 +112,26 @@ ThisBuild / githubWorkflowBuild :=
     ),
     WorkflowStep.Use(UseRef.Public("codecov", "codecov-action", "v1"), name = Some("Codecov"))
   )
+ThisBuild / mergifyPrRules := {
+  val authorCondition = MergifyCondition.Or(
+    List(
+      MergifyCondition.Custom("author=scala-steward"),
+      MergifyCondition.Custom("author=scala-steward[bot]")
+    )
+  )
+  Seq(
+    MergifyPrRule(
+      "label scala-steward's PRs",
+      List(authorCondition),
+      List(MergifyAction.Label(List("dependency-update")))
+    ),
+    MergifyPrRule(
+      "merge scala-steward's PRs",
+      List(authorCondition) ++ mergifySuccessConditions.value,
+      List(MergifyAction.Merge(Some("merge")))
+    )
+  )
+}
 
 /// projects