diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 91df8eba1..fcd6bd6c6 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,10 @@ version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/" # == /.github/workflows/
+    target-branch: "develop"
     schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "ci(workflow)"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 14
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5c540ce8..45f99a159 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 - **workflow:** Drop Appveyor support and refactor GitHub Actions workflow ([#6626](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6626))
 - **workflow:** Disable persisted checkout credentials ([#6739](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6739))
 - **workflow:** Update `actions/checkout` to 7.0.1 and `potatoqualitee/psmodulecache` to 6.3 ([#6753](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6753))
+- **dependabot:** Target `develop` and refine update settings ([#6751](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6751))
 
 ### Documentation