diff --git a/otterdog/eclipse-orbit.jsonnet b/otterdog/eclipse-orbit.jsonnet
index ec8e2a7..8af98f1 100644
--- a/otterdog/eclipse-orbit.jsonnet
+++ b/otterdog/eclipse-orbit.jsonnet
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ local orgs = import 'vendor/otterdog-defaults/otterdog-defaults.libsonnet';
 orgs.newOrg('eclipse-orbit') {
   settings+: {
     blog: "https://eclipse.dev/orbit",
-    dependabot_security_updates_enabled_for_new_repositories: false,
     description: "Provides infrastructure for redistributing third-party libraries as OSGi bundles via p2 repositories.",
     discussion_source_repository: "eclipse-orbit/orbit-simrel",
     email: "orbit-dev@eclipse.org",