diff --git a/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/__init__.py b/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/__init__.py
index 7d606ffd88..36e76863dc 100644
--- a/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/__init__.py
+++ b/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/__init__.py
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ async def _process_snyk_dpkg(
                 if context.module_event_data.type == "dpkg":
                     body_md = "Update dpkg packages"
 
-                    if os.path.exists("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml"):
+                    if os.path.exists("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml") or os.path.exists(
+                        ".github/dpkg-versions.yaml"
+                    ):
                         await audit_utils.dpkg(
                             context.module_config.get("dpkg", {}), local_config.get("dpkg", {})
                         )
@@ -422,10 +424,16 @@ async def process(
 
         dpkg_version = None
         try:
-            dpkg_version = repo.get_contents("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml")
+            dpkg_version = repo.get_contents(".github/dpkg-versions.yaml")
         except github.GithubException as exception:
             if exception.status == 404:
-                _LOGGER.debug("No dpkg-versions.yaml file in the repository")
+                try:
+                    dpkg_version = repo.get_contents("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml")
+                except github.GithubException as exception2:
+                    if exception2.status == 404:
+                        _LOGGER.debug("No dpkg-versions.yaml file in the repository")
+                    else:
+                        raise
             else:
                 raise
         if (
diff --git a/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/utils.py b/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/utils.py
index 500ce22479..3a1d10e414 100644
--- a/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/utils.py
+++ b/github_app_geo_project/module/audit/utils.py
@@ -697,11 +697,16 @@ async def _get_packages_version(
 async def dpkg(
     config: configuration.DpkgConfiguration, local_config: configuration.DpkgConfiguration
 ) -> None:
-    """Update the version of packages in the file ci/dpkg-versions.yaml."""
-    if not os.path.exists("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml"):
-        _LOGGER.warning("The file ci/dpkg-versions.yaml does not exist")
-
-    with open("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml", encoding="utf-8") as versions_file:
+    """Update the version of packages in the file .github/dpkg-versions.yaml or ci/dpkg-versions.yaml."""
+    if not os.path.exists("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml") and not os.path.exists(".github/dpkg-versions.yaml"):
+        _LOGGER.warning("The file .github/dpkg-versions.yaml or ci/dpkg-versions.yaml does not exist")
+
+    dpkg_versions_filename = (
+        ".github/dpkg-versions.yaml"
+        if os.path.exists(".github/dpkg-versions.yaml")
+        else "ci/dpkg-versions.yaml"
+    )
+    with open(dpkg_versions_filename, encoding="utf-8") as versions_file:
         versions_config = yaml.load(versions_file, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
         for versions in versions_config.values():
             for package_full in versions.keys():
@@ -734,5 +739,5 @@ async def dpkg(
                         exception,
                     )
 
-    with open("ci/dpkg-versions.yaml", "w", encoding="utf-8") as versions_file:
+    with open(dpkg_versions_filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as versions_file:
         yaml.dump(versions_config, versions_file, Dumper=yaml.SafeDumper)