diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml
index b3d8aa9b32b..bda1246521d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-fork.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   # dynamically build a matrix of test/test suite pairs to run
   build-test-matrix:
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork || github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       SIMD_TAG: latest
       SIMD_IMAGE: ibc-go-simd-e2e
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork || github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     needs:
       - build-test-matrix
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 12f52ef098e..989a73285f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   docker-build:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
   # dynamically build a matrix of test/test suite pairs to run
   build-test-matrix:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
   # the tag of the image will differ if this is a PR or the branch is being merged into main.
   # we store the tag as an environment variable and use it in the E2E tests to determine the tag.
   determine-image-tag:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       simd-tag: ${{ steps.get-tag.outputs.simd-tag }}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   e2e:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - build-test-matrix