diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
index 3ea4f02a..fe1ffd84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   issues: write
+  contents: write
   pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
@@ -21,9 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           github-token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
       - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
         if: contains(fromJSON('["version-update:semver-patch", "version-update:semver-minor"]'), steps.dependabot-metadata.outputs.update-type)
-        run: |
-          gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
-          gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}