diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index fc48efd..95ccc24 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
-    labels:
-      - "dependencies"
-      - "go"
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "chore(deps)"
+      prefix: "chore"
       include: "scope"
     groups:
       kubernetes:
@@ -25,11 +22,8 @@ updates:
       interval: "weekly"
       day: "monday"
       time: "06:00"
-    labels:
-      - "dependencies"
-      - "github-actions"
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "chore(github-actions)"
+      prefix: "chore github-actions"
       include: "scope"
     groups:
       github-actions:
@@ -41,9 +35,6 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
-    labels:
-      - "dependencies"
-      - "docker"
     commit-message:
-      prefix: "chore(docker)"
+      prefix: "chore docker"
       include: "scope"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
index 3859803..5f3962a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
-      - name: Auto-approve PR
-        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Enable auto-merge for minor and patch updates
         if: |
           steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' ||