# Use Dependabot for dependency updates?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-dependabot-for-dependency-updates/98823>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 5, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-dependabot-for-dependency-updates/98823 "2018-10-05T15:54:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-dependabot-for-dependency-updates/98823/2 "2018-10-05T16:02:46Z")

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It there any way for Dependabot to create its branches in a fork, then make pull requests to the main repository? It would be nice if write permissions didn’t have to be granted to the app.

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