diff --git a/.gitallowed b/.gitallowed
index f5db9f20..4e08e22d 100644
--- a/.gitallowed
+++ b/.gitallowed
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ CidrIp: 0\.0\.0\.0/0
 .*nhsd-rules-deny.txt.*
 .*\.venv.*
 .*node_modules.*
+pom\.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 449a97aa..cb377b17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   dependabot-auto-approve-and-merge:
     needs: quality_checks
-    uses: NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve-and-merge.yml@86a580e5eb38584c877ccfba5fc6f3f071faeffe
+    uses: NHSDigital/eps-common-workflows/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-approve-and-merge.yml@2b3ddfd1e59daf9905522d0140c6cd08e2547432
     secrets:
       AUTOMERGE_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.AUTOMERGE_APP_ID }}
       AUTOMERGE_PEM: ${{ secrets.AUTOMERGE_PEM }}