diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
index 3ea3a29ce..6ecfa398b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
-# ********************************************************************************
-# Copyright (c) 2022 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
-#
-# See the NOTICE file(s) with this work for additional
-# information regarding copyright ownership.
-#
-# This program and the accompanying materials are made
-# available under the terms of the Apache Software License 2.0
-# which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# ********************************************************************************
-
+# This is a templated file from https://github.com/adoptium/.eclipsefdn/tree/main/otterdog/policies/require_dependabot_auto_merge.yml
 name: Dependabot auto-merge
 on: pull_request_target
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   dependabot:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     uses: adoptium/.github/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml@main