diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 692516af255..476d20d0cdb 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ updates:
       timezone: "Australia/Brisbane"
     # Associate with milestone 10.0.x
     milestone: 6
+    groups:
+      build-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.apache.maven.plugins:*"
+          - "org.apache.maven:*"
+          - "org.testcontainers:*"
+      integration-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.infinispan*"
+          - "org.mongodb*"
+          - "org.wildfly*"
+          - "org.eclipse.platform*"
+      spec-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "jakarta.*"
+          - "org.jboss.weld.*"
+          - "com.sun.xml*"
+          - "org.glassfish.jaxb*"
+      dev-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
     ignore:
       # Do not upgrade major versions of dependencies
       - dependency-name: "*"
@@ -62,6 +83,27 @@ updates:
       timezone: "Australia/Brisbane"
     # Associate with milestone 11.0.x
     milestone: 7
+    groups:
+      build-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.apache.maven.plugins:*"
+          - "org.apache.maven:*"
+          - "org.testcontainers:*"
+      integration-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.infinispan*"
+          - "org.mongodb*"
+          - "org.wildfly*"
+          - "org.eclipse.platform*"
+      spec-deps:
+        patterns:
+          - "jakarta.*"
+          - "org.jboss.weld.*"
+          - "com.sun.xml*"
+          - "org.glassfish.jaxb*"
+      dev-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
     ignore:
       # Do not upgrade major versions of dependencies
       - dependency-name: "*"
@@ -117,6 +159,11 @@ updates:
       day: "saturday"
       time: "10:00"
       timezone: "Australia/Brisbane"
+    milestone: 3
+    groups:
+      dev-dependencies:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
     ignore:
       # Restrict updates in this branch to jetty in the 9.4.x space
       - dependency-name: "org.infinispan:*"