diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://help.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "maven"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin"
diff --git a/.github/project.yml b/.github/project.yml
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+release:
+  current-version: "0"
+  next-version: "999-SNAPSHOT"
+