diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
index c795a6e..7dbca16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   dependabot:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'dependencies') }}
     steps:
-      - name: Dependabot metadata
-        id: metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1
-        with:
-          github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
       - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        #if: ${{contains(steps.metadata.outputs.dependency-names, 'my-dependency') && steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch'}}
         run: gh pr merge --auto --rebase "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}