diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bcec1016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Bot auto-merge
+on: pull_request  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  autobot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: (github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]' || github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'pre-commit-ci[bot]') && github.repository == 'mne-tools/mne-nirs'
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for bot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a84270d66..a9754f9f1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 repos:
   # Ruff mne
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.8.0
+    rev: v0.8.1
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args: ["--fix"]