Auto-merge / auto-approve PRs when branch protection requires more than 1 review

[schTi]

In our project, we have a branch protection that requires more than 1 review. We still want to auto-approve + auto-merge dependabot PRs. Is there any way to approve those PRs multiple times to make the protection rule succeed?

[chdsbd]

You could configure a GitHub Action to add a second approval. You could check if the pr is a dependabot PR and add an approval if so.