diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 2d2a1e881..9504c55fa 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ updates:
     directory: /
     schedule:
       interval: daily
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
+      include:
+        - "*"
     allow:
       - dependency-name: mongodb
       - dependency-name: bson
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e682ce8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+name: Dependabot PR
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened]
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  enable-auto-merge-on-dependabot-pr:
+    name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-build-from-fork.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-build-from-fork.yaml
index 91bb7345b..44aad4fe1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-build-from-fork.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-build-from-fork.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 name: Test and Build (from fork)
 on:
-  pull_request_target:
+  pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
 permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   test-and-build:
@@ -22,10 +21,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
-          repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
 
       - name: Setup Node.js Environment
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -44,18 +39,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Tests
         env:
           NODE_OPTIONS: "--max_old_space_size=4096"
-          SEGMENT_KEY: ${{ secrets.SEGMENT_KEY_DEV }}
+          SEGMENT_KEY: "test-segment-key"
         run: npm run test
-
-  merge-dependabot-pr:
-    name: Merge Dependabot PR
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - test-and-build
-    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'dependabot[bot]'
-    steps:
-      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
-        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}