diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+# Dependabot configuration file
+# See: https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/
+# configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Maintain dependencies for the root project
+  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    versioning-strategy: "auto"
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: "direct"
+      - dependency-type: "indirect"
+    groups:
+      dev-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer"
+          - "phan/phan"
+          - "phpstan/phpstan*"
+          - "phpunit/phpunit"
+          - "vimeo/psalm"
+          - "psalm/plugin-phpunit"
+        exclude-patterns:
+          - "open-telemetry/*"
+      open-telemetry:
+        patterns:
+          - "open-telemetry/*"
+      symfony:
+        patterns:
+          - "symfony/*"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      prefix-development: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      prefix-development: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
+
+  # Maintain dependencies for all packages
+  - package-ecosystem: "composer"
+    directories:
+      - "/examples/aws/AwsClientApp"
+      - "/examples/instrumentation/Wordpress"
+      - "/src/AutoInstrumentationInstaller"
+      - "/src/Aws"
+      - "/src/Context/Swoole"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/CakePHP"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/CodeIgniter"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Curl"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Doctrine"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/ExtAmqp"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/ExtRdKafka"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Guzzle"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/HttpAsyncClient"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/IO"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Laravel"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/MongoDB"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/MySqli"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/OpenAIPHP"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/PDO"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Psr14"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Psr15"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Psr16"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Psr18"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Psr3"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Psr6"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Slim"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Symfony"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Wordpress"
+      - "/src/Instrumentation/Yii"
+      - "/src/Logs/Monolog"
+      - "/src/MetaPackages/opentelemetry"
+      - "/src/Propagation/ServerTiming"
+      - "/src/Propagation/TraceResponse"
+      - "/src/ResourceDetectors/Azure"
+      - "/src/ResourceDetectors/Container"
+      - "/src/Sampler/RuleBased"
+      - "/src/Shims/OpenTracing"
+      - "/src/Symfony"
+      - "/src/Symfony/src/OtelBundle"
+      - "/src/Symfony/src/OtelSdkBundle"
+      - "/src/Utils/Test"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    groups:
+      dev-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer"
+          - "phan/phan"
+          - "phpstan/phpstan*"
+          - "phpunit/phpunit"
+          - "vimeo/psalm"
+          - "psalm/plugin-phpunit"
+      laravel:
+        patterns:
+          - "laravel/*"
+          - "illuminate/*"
+      open-telemetry:
+        patterns:
+          - "open-telemetry/*"
+      symfony:
+        patterns:
+          - "symfony/*"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "chore"
+      prefix-development: "chore"
+      include: "scope"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve.yml
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index 000000000..d8690791c
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+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve.yml
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+name: Dependabot auto-approve
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' && github.repository == 'open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php-contrib'
+    steps:
+      - name: Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@d7267f607e9d3fb96fc2fbe83e0af444713e90b7
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+      - name: Approve a PR
+        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-dependabot-config.yml b/.github/workflows/update-dependabot-config.yml
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index 000000000..e937f2c60
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+++ b/.github/workflows/update-dependabot-config.yml
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+name: Update Dependabot Configuration
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Run daily at midnight UTC
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  # Allow manual triggering
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update-dependabot-config:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.2'
+          extensions: json
+          coverage: none
+
+      - name: Generate dependabot configuration
+        run: php scripts/generate-dependabot-config.php
+
+      - name: Check for changes
+        id: git-check
+        run: |
+          git diff --exit-code .github/dependabot.yml || echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Commit and push if changed
+        if: steps.git-check.outputs.changes == 'true'
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git add .github/dependabot.yml
+          git commit -m "chore: update dependabot configuration [skip ci]"
+          git push
diff --git a/scripts/generate-dependabot-config.php b/scripts/generate-dependabot-config.php
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+++ b/scripts/generate-dependabot-config.php
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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Script to automatically generate dependabot.yml configuration based on directory structure.
+ *
+ * This script scans the project for composer.json files and generates a dependabot.yml
+ * configuration file with appropriate settings for each package.
+ *
+ * Usage: php scripts/generate-dependabot-config.php
+ */
+
+// Configuration
+$rootDir = dirname(__DIR__);
+$outputFile = $rootDir . '/.github/dependabot.yml';
+$scanDirs = [
+    $rootDir,
+    $rootDir . '/src',
+    $rootDir . '/examples',
+];
+
+// Initialize YAML content
+$yaml = [
+    '# Dependabot configuration file',
+    '# See: https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/',
+    '# configuration-options-for-dependency-updates',
+    '',
+    'version: 2',
+    'updates:',
+];
+
+// Add root project configuration
+$yaml[] = '  # Maintain dependencies for the root project';
+$yaml[] = '  - package-ecosystem: "composer"';
+$yaml[] = '    directory: "/"';
+$yaml[] = '    schedule:';
+$yaml[] = '      interval: "weekly"';
+$yaml[] = '    open-pull-requests-limit: 10';
+$yaml[] = '    labels:';
+$yaml[] = '      - "dependencies"';
+$yaml[] = '    versioning-strategy: "auto"';
+$yaml[] = '    allow:';
+$yaml[] = '      - dependency-type: "direct"';
+$yaml[] = '      - dependency-type: "indirect"';
+$yaml[] = '    groups:';
+$yaml[] = '      dev-dependencies:';
+$yaml[] = '        patterns:';
+$yaml[] = '          - "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer"';
+$yaml[] = '          - "phan/phan"';
+$yaml[] = '          - "phpstan/phpstan*"';
+$yaml[] = '          - "phpunit/phpunit"';
+$yaml[] = '          - "vimeo/psalm"';
+$yaml[] = '          - "psalm/plugin-phpunit"';
+$yaml[] = '        exclude-patterns:';
+$yaml[] = '          - "open-telemetry/*"';
+$yaml[] = '      open-telemetry:';
+$yaml[] = '        patterns:';
+$yaml[] = '          - "open-telemetry/*"';
+$yaml[] = '      symfony:';
+$yaml[] = '        patterns:';
+$yaml[] = '          - "symfony/*"';
+$yaml[] = '    ignore:';
+$yaml[] = '      - dependency-name: "*"';
+$yaml[] = '        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]';
+$yaml[] = '    commit-message:';
+$yaml[] = '      prefix: "chore"';
+$yaml[] = '      prefix-development: "chore"';
+$yaml[] = '      include: "scope"';
+$yaml[] = '';
+
+// Add GitHub Actions configuration
+$yaml[] = '  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions';
+$yaml[] = '  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"';
+$yaml[] = '    directory: "/"';
+$yaml[] = '    schedule:';
+$yaml[] = '      interval: "weekly"';
+$yaml[] = '    open-pull-requests-limit: 10';
+$yaml[] = '    labels:';
+$yaml[] = '      - "dependencies"';
+$yaml[] = '    commit-message:';
+$yaml[] = '      prefix: "chore"';
+$yaml[] = '      prefix-development: "chore"';
+$yaml[] = '      include: "scope"';
+$yaml[] = '';
+
+// Find all composer.json files
+$composerFiles = [];
+foreach ($scanDirs as $scanDir) {
+    findComposerFiles($scanDir, $composerFiles, $rootDir);
+}
+
+// Filter out the root composer.json as it's already configured
+$packageDirectories = [];
+foreach ($composerFiles as $composerFile) {
+    if ($composerFile !== '/') {
+        $packageDirectories[] = $composerFile;
+    }
+}
+
+// Add a single configuration for all package directories
+if (!empty($packageDirectories)) {
+    $yaml[] = '  # Maintain dependencies for all packages';
+    $yaml[] = '  - package-ecosystem: "composer"';
+    $yaml[] = '    directories:';
+
+    // Sort directories for consistent output
+    sort($packageDirectories);
+    foreach ($packageDirectories as $directory) {
+        $yaml[] = '      - "' . $directory . '"';
+    }
+
+    $yaml[] = '    schedule:';
+    $yaml[] = '      interval: "weekly"';
+    $yaml[] = '    labels:';
+    $yaml[] = '      - "dependencies"';
+    $yaml[] = '    groups:';
+    $yaml[] = '      dev-dependencies:';
+    $yaml[] = '        patterns:';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer"';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "phan/phan"';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "phpstan/phpstan*"';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "phpunit/phpunit"';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "vimeo/psalm"';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "psalm/plugin-phpunit"';
+    $yaml[] = '      laravel:';
+    $yaml[] = '        patterns:';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "laravel/*"';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "illuminate/*"';
+    $yaml[] = '      open-telemetry:';
+    $yaml[] = '        patterns:';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "open-telemetry/*"';
+    $yaml[] = '      symfony:';
+    $yaml[] = '        patterns:';
+    $yaml[] = '          - "symfony/*"';
+    $yaml[] = '    ignore:';
+    $yaml[] = '      - dependency-name: "*"';
+    $yaml[] = '        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]';
+    $yaml[] = '    commit-message:';
+    $yaml[] = '      prefix: "chore"';
+    $yaml[] = '      prefix-development: "chore"';
+    $yaml[] = '      include: "scope"';
+    $yaml[] = '';
+}
+
+// Write the YAML file
+file_put_contents($outputFile, implode("\n", $yaml));
+
+echo "Dependabot configuration generated at: $outputFile\n";
+echo "Found " . count($composerFiles) . " composer.json files.\n";
+
+/**
+ * Recursively find composer.json files in the given directory.
+ *
+ * @param string $dir The directory to scan
+ * @param array $results Array to store results
+ * @param string $rootDir The root directory of the project
+ */
+function findComposerFiles($dir, &$results, $rootDir) {
+    $files = scandir($dir);
+
+    foreach ($files as $file) {
+        if ($file === '.' || $file === '..' || $file === 'vendor') {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        $path = $dir . '/' . $file;
+
+        if (is_dir($path)) {
+            // Skip vendor directories
+            if (strpos($path, '/vendor/') !== false) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            findComposerFiles($path, $results, $rootDir);
+        } elseif ($file === 'composer.json') {
+            // Get relative path from root
+            $relativePath = str_replace($rootDir, '', dirname($path));
+            $relativePath = $relativePath ?: '/';
+
+            // Add to results if not already present
+            if (!in_array($relativePath, $results)) {
+                $results[] = $relativePath;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}