diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index b9770e23a2e353..9cc673d5a62fe7 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ updates:
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: monthly
+      cooldown:
+        - semver-major-days: 5
+        - semver-minor-days: 5
+        - semver-patch-days: 5
+
     commit-message:
       prefix: meta
     open-pull-requests-limit: ${{secrets.OPEN_PR_LIMIT}}
@@ -14,6 +19,10 @@ updates:
     directory: /tools/eslint
     schedule:
       interval: monthly
+      cooldown:
+        - semver-major-days: 5
+        - semver-minor-days: 5
+        - semver-patch-days: 5
     commit-message:
       prefix: tools
     open-pull-requests-limit: ${{secrets.OPEN_PR_LIMIT}}
@@ -27,6 +36,10 @@ updates:
     directory: /tools/lint-md
     schedule:
       interval: monthly
+      cooldown:
+        - semver-major-days: 5
+        - semver-minor-days: 5
+        - semver-patch-days: 5
     commit-message:
       prefix: tools
     open-pull-requests-limit: ${{secrets.OPEN_PR_LIMIT}}
@@ -35,3 +48,20 @@ updates:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns:
           - '*'
+
+  - package-ecosystem: npm
+    directory: /tools/doc
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      cooldown:
+        - semver-major-days: 5
+        - semver-minor-days: 5
+        - semver-patch-days: 5
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: tools
+    open-pull-requests-limit: ${{secrets.OPEN_PR_LIMIT}}
+    groups:
+      doc:
+        applies-to: version-updates
+        patterns:
+          - '*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools.yml b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
index 2e8ffd22534691..5ee73cd0cfb93f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ on:
           - c-ares
           - cjs-module-lexer
           - corepack
-          - doc
           - googletest
           - gyp-next
           - histogram
@@ -118,22 +117,6 @@ jobs:
             run: |
               make corepack-update
               echo "NEW_VERSION=$(node deps/corepack/dist/corepack.js --version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          - id: doc
-            subsystem: tools
-            label: tools
-            run: |
-              cd tools/doc
-              npm ci
-              NEW_VERSION=$(npm outdated --parseable | cut -d: -f4 | xargs)
-              if [ "$NEW_VERSION" != "" ]; then
-                echo "NEW_VERSION=new version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-                rm -rf package-lock.json node_modules
-                # Include $NEW_VERSION to explicitly update the package.json
-                # entry for the dependency and also so that semver-major updates
-                # are not skipped.
-                npm install --ignore-scripts $NEW_VERSION
-                npm install --ignore-scripts
-              fi
           - id: googletest
             subsystem: deps
             label: dependencies, test