diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d6c3ad8c1..79c120ee2 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,80 +1,8 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
-  # root
   - package-ecosystem: "npm"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    labels:
-      - "🤖 dependabot 🤖"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
-    pull-request-branch-name:
-      separator: "-"
-    ignore: # ignore updates for react-native deps, think about updating, once react-native is updated
-      - dependency-name: "@babel/core"
-      - dependency-name: "@babel/runtime"
-      - dependency-name: "@react-native-community/eslint-config"
-      - dependency-name: "eslint"
-      - dependency-name: "jest"
-      - dependency-name: "metro-react-native-babel-preset"
-      - dependency-name: "react-test-renderer"
-      - dependency-name: "react"
-      - dependency-name: "react-native"
-      - dependency-name: "jest-cli"
-      - dependency-name: "@types/react"
-      - dependency-name: "@types/react-native"
-      - dependency-name: "@types/jest"
-  # example
-  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
-    directory: "/example"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    labels:
-      - "🤖 dependabot 🤖"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
-    pull-request-branch-name:
-      separator: "-"
-  # gh-actions workflow files
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
-    groups:
-      core:
-        patterns:
-          - "react"
-          - "react-native"
-          - "@mapbox/*"
-          - "@turf/*"
-          - "@expo/config-plugins"
-      dev:
-        patterns:
-          - "jest"
-          - "@testing*"
-          - "@types/*"
-          - "typescript"
-          - "@babel/*"
-          - "babel*"
-          - "@typescript-eslint/*"
-          - "eslint-*"
-          - "eslint"
-          - "lint*"
-          - "@react-native-community/*"
-          - "documentation"
-          - "ejs*"
-          - "husky"
-          - "metro-*"
-          - "prettier"
-      example:
-        patterns:
-          - "expo*"
-          - "react-*"
-          - "react-native*"
-          - "@react-native*"
-          - "@react-navigation*"
-          - "fbjs"
-          - "detox"
-    pull-request-branch-name:
-      separator: "-"
-    labels:
-      - "🤖 dependabot 🤖"
+      interval: "weekly"
+    # Disable version updates for npm dependencies
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 0