diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
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-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    target-branch: "development"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
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+name: update dependencies
+on:
+
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '0 0 1 * *'
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          ref: development
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+          cache: pip
+
+      - name: Install pre-commit and pip-tools
+        run: pip install pre-commit pip-tools
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit autoupdate
+        run: pre-commit autoupdate
+
+      - name: Update test requirements
+        run: pip-compile --upgrade test_requirements.in -o test_requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6.0.2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          base: development
+          branch: dependency-updates
+          delete-branch: true
+          title: Dependency Updates
+          commit-message: Dependency updates
diff --git a/test_requirements.in b/test_requirements.in
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+++ b/test_requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+coverage~=7.2
+pytest~=8