Upgrade: [dependabot] - bump NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve-and-merge.yml from 5.2.3 to 5.2.4 (#746)

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<h2>v5.2.4</h2>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/compare/v5.2.3...v5.2.4">5.2.4</a>
(2025-12-16)</h2>
<h3>Upgrade</h3>
<ul>
<li>[dependabot] - bump filelock from 3.20.0 to 3.20.1 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/nhsdigital/eps-common-workflows/issues/35">#35</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/commit/41dfe9fa65fbfcdc170b72b32b6f54c14c5d8fbe">41dfe9f</a>)</li>
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<p><a
href="https://github.com/NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/compare/7c71894c190e...41dfe9fa65fb">See
code diff</a>
<a
href="https://github.com/NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/actions/runs/20285650879">Release
workflow run</a> - Workflow ID: 20285650879</p>
<p>It was initialized by <a
href="https://github.com/apps/eps-autoapprove-dependabot">eps-autoapprove-dependabot[bot]</a></p>
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<li><a
href="https://github.com/NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/commit/41dfe9fa65fbfcdc170b72b32b6f54c14c5d8fbe"><code>41dfe9f</code></a>
Upgrade: [dependabot] - bump filelock from 3.20.0 to 3.20.1 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/nhsdigital/eps-common-workflows/issues/35">#35</a>)</li>
<li>See full diff in <a
href="https://github.com/nhsdigital/eps-common-workflows/compare/7c71894c190ebfce3285eac8d53938ad50f570a1...41dfe9fa65fbfcdc170b72b32b6f54c14c5d8fbe">compare
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.github/workflows/pull_request.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   dependabot-auto-approve-and-merge:
-    uses: NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve-and-merge.yml@7c71894c190ebfce3285eac8d53938ad50f570a1
+    uses: NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve-and-merge.yml@41dfe9fa65fbfcdc170b72b32b6f54c14c5d8fbe
     secrets:
       AUTOMERGE_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.AUTOMERGE_APP_ID }}
       AUTOMERGE_PEM: ${{ secrets.AUTOMERGE_PEM }}