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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    target-branch: "dev"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    groups:
+      standard-plugins:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.codehaus.mojo:flatten-maven-plugin"
+          - "org.apache.maven.plugins*"
+      dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.apache.commons:commons-math3"
+          - "net.jcip:jcip-annotations"
+      test-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.jacoco*"
+          - "org.junit.jupiter*"