diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 5ace4600a..c5d576f19 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,26 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
+
+  # We want to be more sure in our e2e-test, before committing to
+  # update all of our dependencies.
+  # Only add packages very sporadically here for now.
+  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    allow:
+      # Allow only direct updates
+      - dependency-name: "log"
+  - package-ecosystem: "cargo"
+    directory: "/zellij-utils"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    allow:
+      # Allow only direct updates
+      - dependency-name: "log"
+      - dependency-name: "log4rs"
+      - dependency-name: "clap"
+      - dependency-name: "clap_complete"
+
+
diff --git a/default-plugins/status-bar/Cargo.toml b/default-plugins/status-bar/Cargo.toml
index 78f89ab8d..4c611dc88 100644
--- a/default-plugins/status-bar/Cargo.toml
+++ b/default-plugins/status-bar/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 zellij-tile = { path = "../../zellij-tile" }
-zellij-tile-utils = { path = "../../zellij-tile-utils" }
\ No newline at end of file
+zellij-tile-utils = { path = "../../zellij-tile-utils" }