diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index e0871f93..6facd2ac 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-# 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://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
-
 version: 2
 updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "gomod" # See documentation for possible values
-    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+  - directory: "/"
+    groups:
+      minor-patch:
+        update-types:
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
+    ignore:
+      # projects that aren't at 1.0 yet tend to have breaking changes,
+      # so we don't batch those up with this "stable small changes" group
+      - dependency-name: "*"
+        versions: "<1"
+    package-ecosystem: "gomod"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"