diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ad92a92..86982e7 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ updates:
       # node-gyp now depends on python 3.10, we install 3.6 in our dockerfile
       - dependency-name: "node-gyp"
       - dependency-name: "prebuild"
+    versioning-strategy: increase
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: "development"
       
     groups:
       development-dependencies: