diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5c0e272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# 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/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb632494..e383a892 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 FLAGS=
 
 flake: checkrst
-	python -m flake8 --format=abspath
+	python -m flake8
 
 test: flake
 	python -Wd -m pytest -s -vv $(FLAGS) ./tests/
diff --git a/requirements-dev.in b/requirements-dev.in
index 4e08c069..d050be5a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.in
+++ b/requirements-dev.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 codecov~=2.1.13
 coverage~=7.2.7
 flake8~=3.9.0
-flake8-formatter-abspath~=1.0.1
 flake8-black~=0.3.3
 flake8-isort~= 4.1.1
 black~=22.6.0