diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
index 7afaeb1f..736b444c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ jobs:
              startsWith(steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-names, 'nunit3testadapter') ||
              startsWith(steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-names, 'orc.') || 
              startsWith(steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.dependency-names, 'orchestra.')) &&
-             steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
+            (steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor' ||
+             steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch')
         run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}