diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 4d1c7e327..0d4bc0776 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,46 @@ updates:
     allow:
       - dependency-name: "actions/*"
       - dependency-name: "redhat-actions/*"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "gradle"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "tuesday"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 20
+    groups:
+      hibernate:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.hibernate*"
+      vertx:
+        patterns:
+          - "io.vertx*"
+      mutiny:
+        patterns:
+          - "io.smallrye.reactive*"
+      # Testcontainers plus the JDBC driver we need for testing
+      testcontainers:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.testcontainers*"
+          - "com.ibm.db2*"
+          - "com.microsoft.sqlserver*"
+          - "org.postgresql*"
+          - "con.ongres.scram*"
+          - "com.fasterxml.jackson.core*"
+          - "com.mysql*"
+          - "org.mariadb.jdbc*"
+
+    ignore:
+      # Only patches for Hibernate ORM and Vert.x
+      - dependency-name: "org.hibernate*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "io.vertx*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+
+  # Dockerfiles in tooling/docker/, and database services we use for examples (MySQL and PostgreSQL)
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directory: "/tooling/docker"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: "all"
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 99b4a30f2..0b9890fdc 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ com-ibm-db2-jcc = { group = "com.ibm.db2", name = "jcc", version = "12.1.0.0" }
 com-microsoft-sqlserver-mssql-jdbc = { group = "com.microsoft.sqlserver", name = "mssql-jdbc", version = "12.10.0.jre11" }
 com-mysql-mysql-connector-j = { group = "com.mysql", name = "mysql-connector-j", version = "9.3.0" }
 com-ongres-scram-scram-client = { group = "com.ongres.scram", name = "scram-client", version = "3.1" }
-io-smallrye-reactive-mutiny = { group = "io.smallrye.reactive", name = "mutiny", version = "2.9.0" }
+io-smallrye-reactive-mutiny = { group = "io.smallrye.reactive", name = "mutiny", version = "2.9.3" }
 io-vertx-vertx-db2-client = { group = "io.vertx", name = "vertx-db2-client", version.ref = "vertxSqlClientVersion" }
 io-vertx-vertx-junit5 = { group = "io.vertx", name = "vertx-junit5", version.ref = "vertxSqlClientVersion" }
 io-vertx-vertx-micrometer-metrics = { group = "io.vertx", name = "vertx-micrometer-metrics", version.ref = "vertxSqlClientVersion" }