Worked on streamlining dependency management for the confluent-docker-utils repository by enabling Automerge functionality for Renovatebot. This approach automated the merging of approved dependency updates, reducing manual intervention and accelerating the adoption of patches across the Docker utilities workflow. Leveraging YAML for configuration and applying DevOps and CI/CD best practices, the work standardized automerge settings to ensure consistency and minimize configuration drift. By automating these processes, the update cycle time was reduced and maintenance overhead lowered for downstream services. The focus on dependency management improved operational efficiency and contributed to a more reliable and maintainable codebase within the repository.