# Dependabot version updates now support the Nix ecosystem - GitHub Changelog
**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895
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**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895 "2026-04-07T17:35:14Z")
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### Author:  [@arianvp](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/arianvp)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/1 "2026-04-07T17:35:14Z")
> **[Dependabot version updates now support the Nix ecosystem - GitHub Changelog](https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-07-dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem/)**
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> Dependabot now supports Nix flakes. Add nix as a package ecosystem in your dependabot.yml file. Dependabot will then monitor your flake.lock inputs and open pull requests when newer commits are…
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### Author:  [@RossComputerGuy](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/RossComputerGuy)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/2 "2026-04-07T17:52:56Z")
Glad they made a blog post about this, I saw the support start to crop up a little bit ago.
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### Author:  [@Sigmanificient](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Sigmanificient)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/3 "2026-04-07T18:10:25Z")
It seems that GitHub used Determinate Systems’s `Zero to Nix` has the link for flakes, which isn’t an official source (afaik, and looking on [Flakes - Official NixOS Wiki](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Flakes))
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### Author:  [@Lyndeno](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Lyndeno)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/4 "2026-04-07T19:28:18Z")
This is much simpler than the basic GitHub action I have been using in my repo.
I like that it splits different inputs into their own PRs.
This + Hydra + Mergify in my case is really useful for my automatic update workflow on my personal infra and software repos.
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### Author:  [@Lord-Valen](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Lord-Valen)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/5 "2026-04-07T20:17:15Z")
Cool! Now I can get Dependabot ~~Spam~~ Alerts for Nix too. 😜
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### Author:  [@lisanna](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/lisanna)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/6 "2026-04-07T20:51:37Z")
I guess whoever wrote it reads discourse, because it’s been updated!
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### Author:  [@Lord-Valen](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Lord-Valen)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/7 "2026-04-07T20:57:08Z")
People brought it up in the issue: [Nix flake support · Issue #7340 · dependabot/dependabot-core · GitHub](https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/7340#issuecomment-4201842869)
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### Author:  [@JamieMagee](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/JamieMagee)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/dependabot-version-updates-now-support-the-nix-ecosystem-github-changelog/76895/8 "2026-04-08T02:19:48Z")
Hi, I built this. And yes, I read Discourse 😄
Thanks to those who pointed out the zero-to-nix link in the changelog post. I didn’t write the post myself, but I should have caught that before it went out. It now points at the NixOS wiki.
I also did the [nix support in Renovate](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/support-for-nix-updates-in-renovate/23248) back in 2022, so I’ve been wanting to bring this to Dependabot for a while.