diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e4b9bfb625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# 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://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 1
+    versioning-strategy: increase
+  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+    directory: "/stackgl_modules"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 1
+    versioning-strategy: increase
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a3a1a0c98b..8cd1e622482 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ npm-debug.log*
 tags
 
 .*
+!.github
 !.circleci
 !.gitignore
 !.npmignore