diff --git a/.copier-answers.yml b/.copier-answers.yml
index 715c540..19a3a6c 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is managed by Copier; DO NOT EDIT OR REMOVE.
-_commit: v0.1.7
+_commit: v0.1.9
 _src_path: git@github.com:quantco/copier-template-pre-commit-mirrors
 conda_package: nbstripout
 description: 'nbstripout: strip output from Jupyter and IPython notebooks'
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a74cb9..0000000
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: monthly
-    reviewers:
-      - quantco/ci
-    groups:
-      dependencies:
-        patterns:
-          - "*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml b/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml
index a80902b..00eb81c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/keep-alive.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@ jobs:
   keep-alive:
     name: Alive
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: gautamkrishnar/keepalive-workflow@306efe4fc63923e36571682b4f4b3e3eee8b6625
-        with:
-          commit_message: Ah ah ah, stayin' alive
-          committer_username: ForrestQuant
-          committer_email: forrestquant@users.noreply.github.com
-          time_elapsed: 50 # days
+      - uses: gautamkrishnar/keepalive-workflow@14b7c72e9af14bddbbc1022a6f0bd20b1eac2619