During December 2024, Chris Provencher enhanced dependency management workflows in the confluent-docker-utils repository by enabling Automerge for Renovatebot. This change automated the merging of approved dependency updates, reducing manual intervention and accelerating patch adoption across the project. Chris implemented the solution using YAML to configure Renovatebot, leveraging skills in CI/CD and DevOps to standardize the automerge process and ensure consistency within the repository. The work addressed the challenge of slow dependency update cycles, resulting in faster integration of patches and lower maintenance overhead. The depth of the contribution lay in automating a previously manual process and improving operational efficiency.