diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Enable version updates for GitHub actions
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+  # Enable updates for Rust packages
+  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    ignore:
+      # skip patch updates, as they can be quite noisy, but keep
+      # minor and major updates so that we don't fall too far
+      # behind
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-patch"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yml b/.github/workflows/security.yml
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+name: security
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - '**/Cargo.toml'
+      - '**/Cargo.lock'
+
+jobs:
+  audit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: write-all
+    name: "Audit Rust Dependencies"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: rustsec/audit-check@master
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}