diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 51a5c167d..3c982e258 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
     - package-ecosystem: npm
-      directory: '/'
+      directory: /
       schedule:
           interval: weekly
-      open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+      open-pull-requests-limit: 5
       versioning-strategy: increase
+      groups:
+          security:
+              applies-to: security-updates
+              update-types:
+                  - minor
+                  - patch
+          dependencies:
+              applies-to: version-updates
+              update-types:
+                  - minor
+                  - patch
+              exclude-patterns:
+                  - '*@dhis2*'
+                  - '*i18next*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dhis2-verify-app.yml b/.github/workflows/dhis2-verify-app.yml
index c6d3d4da7..bef711aa3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dhis2-verify-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dhis2-verify-app.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
     push:
         branches:
             - 'master'
-            - 'dev'
         tags:
             - '*'
 
diff --git a/.hooks/pre-commit b/.hooks/pre-commit
index 50ae359a6..66e20dd19 100755
--- a/.hooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.hooks/pre-commit
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 . "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"
 
-yarn d2-style check --staged
+yarn d2-app-scripts i18n extract && \
+    git add i18n && \
+    yarn d2-style check --staged