diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
index f7674ed58ce6c..447e5d902a851 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 \.zst$
 ^\.github/actions/spelling/
 ^\Q.cargo/config.toml\E$
+^\Q.github/dependabot.yml\E$
 ^\Q.github/workflows/gardener_issue_comment.yml\E$
 ^\Q.github/workflows/spelling.yml\E$
 ^\Qbenches/codecs/moby_dick.txt\E$
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 99fbdd1c6fccc..435dd1bb3ca24 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,21 @@ updates:
       prefix: "chore(deps)"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 100
     groups:
+      amq:
+        patterns:
+        - "amq-*"
+      aws:
+        patterns:
+        - "aws-*"
       azure:
         patterns:
         - "azure_*"
+      clap:
+        patterns:
+        - "clap*"
+      phf:
+        patterns:
+        - "phf*"
       prost:
         patterns:
         - "prost"
@@ -22,6 +34,12 @@ updates:
         patterns:
         - "tonic"
         - "tonic-*"
+      wasm-bindgen:
+        patterns:
+        - "wasm-bindgen-*"
+      zstd:
+        patterns:
+        - "zstd*"
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/distribution/docker/"
     schedule: