How to trigger Dependabot manually

Speed up your SCA configuration tests running Dependabot on demand

Here’s a quick one: When you are fine-tuning Dependabot settings, it’s useful to trigger Dependabot on demand to actually test them.

In your repo, go to Insights -> Dependency Graph -> tab Dependabot -> Recent update jobs, like this:

On the new page, click the button Check for updates. Wait for it to run and that’s it.

Note: at the time of writing, the trigger can’t be targeted to a single dependency, and it is affected by the open PR limit.

Happy DevSecOpsing :)