diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 810577b..5e722a2 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: 'npm' # See documentation for possible values
     directory: '/' # Location of package manifests
     commit-message:
-      prefix: 'build'
-      include: 'scope'
+      prefix: 'deps' # packaged dependencies
+      prefix-development: 'build' # dev-dependencies
+      #include: 'scope'
     rebase-strategy: 'auto'
     schedule:
       interval: 'daily'
   - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions' # See documentation for possible values
     directory: '/' # Location of package manifests
     commit-message:
-      prefix: 'ci'
-      include: 'scope'
+      #prefix: 'ci'
+      prefix: 'ci(github-actions)'
+      #include: 'scope'
     rebase-strategy: 'auto'
     schedule:
       interval: 'daily'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml
index e4b07a4..6e1fbe8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-approve-and-auto-merge.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,47 @@
 name: Dependabot Pull Request Approve and Merge
-on: pull_request_target
+on: pull_request #_target
 permissions:
   pull-requests: write
   contents: write
 jobs:
+  pull-request-title-change:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Checkout the source code
+      - name: 'Checkout source code'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: 'Fetch Dependabot metadata'
+        id: dependabot-fetch
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v1
+
+      - name: 'Split title and update'
+        id: split-title
+        if: ${{ ! contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '):' ) && contains(github.event.pull_request.title, ':')  && steps.dependabot-fetch.outcome == 'success' }}
+        env:
+          TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+        run: |
+          echo $TITLE  
+          title_pt2="${TITLE##*:}"
+          title_pt1="${TITLE%%:*}"
+          gh pr checkout "$PR_URL" # sets the upstream metadata for `gh pr status`
+          packagename="${{ steps.dependabot-fetch.outputs.dependency-names }}"
+          echo "packagename is $packagename"
+          echo "$title_pt1"
+          echo "$title_pt2"
+          parensOpen="("
+          parensClose="):"
+          pr_title=$title_pt1$parensOpen$packagename$parensClose$title_pt2
+          echo "FINAL TITLE: $pr_title"
+          gh pr edit "$PR_URL" --title "$pr_title"
+
   # Auto merge Dependabot PRs for:
   # - patch updates on prod dependencies
   # - minor updates on dev dependencies
   dependabot-auto-merge:
+    needs: pull-request-title-change
     # Only run for Dependabot PRs
     if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
index 3668b41..0940498 100755
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 			"files": "*.{cmp,page,component}",
 			"options": { "parser": "html" }
 		},
+		{
+			"files": ".json",
+			"options": { "parser": "json", "printWidth": 80 }
+		},
 		{
 			"files": "*.{yaml,yml}",
 			"options": { "useTabs": false, "tabWidth": 2, "singleQuote": true }
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 345028f..170d282 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -12,73 +12,21 @@
 	},
 	"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
 	"extra-files": [
-		{
-			"type": "json",
-			"path": "package.json",
-			"jsonpath": "$.version"
-		}
-	],
-	"plugins": [
-		{
-			"type": "sentence-case"
-		}
+		{ "type": "json", "path": "package.json", "jsonpath": "$.version" }
 	],
+	"plugins": [{ "type": "sentence-case" }],
 	"changelog-sections": [
-		{
-			"type": "feat",
-			"section": "Features",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "fix",
-			"section": "Bug Fixes",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "chore",
-			"section": "Chores",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "perf",
-			"section": "Performance Improvements",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "docs",
-			"section": "Documentation",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "test",
-			"section": "Tests",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-
-		{
-			"type": "ci",
-			"section": "Continuous Integration",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "revert",
-			"section": "Reverts",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "refactor",
-			"section": "Code Refactoring",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "style",
-			"section": "Styles",
-			"hidden": false
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "build",
-			"section": "Build System",
-			"hidden": true
-		}
+		{ "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "chore", "section": "Chores", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "test", "section": "Tests", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "revert", "section": "Reverts", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "refactor", "section": "Code Refactoring", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "style", "section": "Styles", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "deps", "section": "Dependencies", "hidden": false },
+		{ "type": "build", "section": "Build System", "hidden": true },
+		{ "type": "ci", "section": "Continuous Integration", "hidden": false }
 	]
 }