diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 9210ed99..0180af80 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ updates:
       # we ignore TS as a part of quarterly dependency updates.
       - dependency-name: "typescript"
     versioning-strategy: increase
-    allow:
-      - dependency-type: "development"
-      
+
     groups:
+      prod-dependencies:
+        dependency-type: "production"
+        applies-to: version-updates
+        update-types:
+        - "minor"
+        - "patch"    
       development-dependencies:
         dependency-type: "development"
         applies-to: version-updates