diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yaml b/.github/dependabot.yaml
index 59c374bce8..7a4d8f8fde 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yaml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yaml
@@ -1,96 +1,141 @@
+# version: 2
+# updates:
+#   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+#     directory: "/"
+#     schedule:
+#       # interval: "monthly"
+#       interval: "daily"
+#       # day: "friday"
+#       # time: "08:00"
+#       # timezone: "Europe/London"
+#     labels:
+#       - "dependencies"
+#       - "github-actions"
+
+#   - package-ecosystem: "npm"
+#     directory: "/"
+#     schedule:
+#       # interval: "monthly"
+#       interval: "daily"
+#       # day: "friday"
+#       # time: "08:00"
+#       # timezone: "Europe/London"
+#     versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
+#     labels:
+#       - "dependencies"
+#       - "node"
+
+#   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+#     directory: "/"
+#     schedule:
+#       # interval: "weekly"
+#       interval: "daily"
+#       # day: "friday"
+#       # time: "08:00"
+#       # timezone: "Europe/London"
+#     versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
+#     labels:
+#       - "dependencies"
+#       - "python"
+#     allow:
+#       - dependency-type: "production"
+
+#   # - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+#   #   directory: "/"
+#   #   schedule:
+#   #     interval: "monthly"
+#   #     # interval: "daily"
+#   #     day: "friday"
+#   #     time: "08:00"
+#   #     timezone: "Europe/London"
+#   #   versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
+#   #   labels:
+#   #     - "dependencies"
+#   #     - "python-dev"
+#   #   allow:
+#   #     - dependency-type: "development"
+
+#     groups:
+#       production-dependencies:
+#         dependency-type: "production"
+#         patterns:
+#           - "flask*"
+#           - "google*"
+#           - "python*"
+#           - "colorama"
+#           - "grpcio"
+#           - "gunicorn"
+#           - "pika"
+#           - "pyyaml"
+#           - "requests"
+#           - "sdc-cryptography"
+#           - "structlog"
+#           - "ua-parser"
+#           - "blinker"
+#           - "boto3"
+#           - "humanize"
+#           - "marshmallow"
+#           - "jsonpointer"
+#           - "redis"
+#           - "htmlmin"
+#           - "coloredlogs"
+#           - "uwsgi"
+#           - "email-validator"
+#           - "itsdangerous"
+#           - "simplejson"
+#           - "markupsafe"
+#           - "pdfkit"
+#           - "ordered-set"
+#           - "cachetools"
+#           - "gevent"
+#           - "babel"
+#       development-dependencies:
+#         dependency-type: "development"
+#         patterns:
+#           - "pytest*"
+#           - "flake8*"
+#           - "pylint*"
+#           - "types*"
+#           - "pep8"
+#           - "mock"
+#           - "jsonschema"
+#           - "beautifulsoup4"
+#           - "httmock"
+#           - "moto"
+#           - "freezegun"
+#           - "fakeredis"
+#           - "mypy"
+#           - "responses"
+#           - "playwright"
+#           - "black"
+#           - "djlint"
+
+
+
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
+      # interval: "weekly"
       interval: "daily"
+      # day: "friday"
+      # time: "08:00"
+      # timezone: "Europe/London"
+    # versioning-strategy: increase-if-necessary
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+      - "python"
+    # allow:
+    #   - dependency-type: "production"
+
     groups:
       production-dependencies:
         dependency-type: "production"
         patterns:
-          - "flask*"
-          - "google*"
-          - "python*"
-          - "colorama"
-          - "grpcio"
-          - "gunicorn"
-          - "pika"
-          - "pyyaml"
-          - "requests"
-          - "sdc-cryptography"
-          - "structlog"
-          - "ua-parser"
-          - "blinker"
-          - "boto3"
-          - "humanize"
-          - "marshmallow"
-          - "jsonpointer"
-          - "redis"
-          - "htmlmin"
-          - "coloredlogs"
-          - "uwsgi"
-          - "email-validator"
-          - "itsdangerous"
-          - "simplejson"
-          - "markupsafe"
-          - "pdfkit"
-          - "ordered-set"
-          - "cachetools"
-          - "gevent"
-          - "babel"
+          - "dependencies"
+
       development-dependencies:
         dependency-type: "development"
         patterns:
-          - "pytest*"
-          - "flake8*"
-          - "pylint*"
-          - "types*"
-          - "pep8"
-          - "mock"
-          - "jsonschema"
-          - "beautifulsoup4"
-          - "httmock"
-          - "moto"
-          - "freezegun"
-          - "fakeredis"
-          - "mypy"
-          - "responses"
-          - "playwright"
-          - "black"
-          - "djlint"
-    ignore:
-      # Temporarily pinned to v2.14.0 - problem for translations found in v2.15.0, see: https://github.com/ONSdigital/eq-questionnaire-runner/pull/1384
-      - dependency-name: "babel"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "pytest*"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "flake8*"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "types*"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "pep8"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "mock"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "jsonschema"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "beautifulsoup4"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "httmock"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "moto"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "freezegun"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "fakeredis"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "mypy"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "responses"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "playwright"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "black"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
-      - dependency-name: "djlint"
-        update-types: ["version-update:semver-minor"]
+          - "group.dev.dependencies"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 623ab5ffd6..ede089618c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -878,13 +878,13 @@ probabilistic = ["pyprobables (>=0.6,<0.7)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "7.1.1"
 description = "the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "flake8-7.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2e416edcc62471a64cea09353f4e7bdba32aeb079b6e360554c659a122b1bc6a"},
-    {file = "flake8-7.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:48a07b626b55236e0fb4784ee69a465fbf59d79eec1f5b4785c3d3bc57d17aa5"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:597477df7860daa5aa0fdd84bf5208a043ab96b8e96ab708770ae0364dd03213"},
+    {file = "flake8-7.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:049d058491e228e03e67b390f311bbf88fce2dbaa8fa673e7aea87b7198b8d38"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -3526,4 +3526,4 @@ cffi = ["cffi (>=1.11)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11.4"
-content-hash = "17591d5c39e3f41b5ee2807991c02c3766307eed9c2bdd309e995e388fb8299c"
+content-hash = "afd4bd4a387ec84c4739a95ed009f8c3a69d36ef3c00902048db2a55730ad050"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fafc08c312..a1d78bb94f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pylint-mccabe = "^0.1.3"
 pylint-absolute-imports = "^1.1.0"
 beautifulsoup4 = "^4.12.3"
 httmock = "^1.4.0"
-flake8 = "^7.0.0"
+flake8 = "^7.1.1"
 flake8-debugger = "^4.1.2"
 flake8-mock = "^0.4"
 flake8-print = "^5.0.0"