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+name: downstream-updates
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      target_version:
+        description: 'Version of the submodule to update downstream repos to'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  update-dependencies:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.target_version || github.event.release.tag_name }}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        downstream_repo: ['bugsnag/bugsnag-unity']
+    steps:
+      - name: Install libcurl4-openssl-dev and net-tools
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev net-tools
+
+      - run: >
+          curl -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/${{ matrix.downstream_repo }}/dispatches
+          -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
+          -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN"
+          -d '{"event_type":"update-dependency","client_payload": {"target_submodule":"bugsnag-cocoa", "target_version": "$RELEASE_VERSION"}}'