diff --git a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
index 1c541bb7896..55affae4128 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             "pipelineSlug": "beats",
             "allow_org_users": true,
             "allowed_repo_permissions": ["admin", "write"],
-            "allowed_list": [ "mergify[bot]" ],
+            "allowed_list": ["dependabot[bot]", "mergify[bot]"],
             "set_commit_status": true,
             "build_on_commit": true,
             "build_on_comment": true,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             "pipelineSlug": "beats-xpack-elastic-agent",
             "allow_org_users": true,
             "allowed_repo_permissions": ["admin", "write"],
-            "allowed_list": [ ],
+            "allowed_list": ["dependabot[bot]", "mergify[bot]"],
             "set_commit_status": true,
             "build_on_commit": true,
             "build_on_comment": true,