diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index d38370f155..5332ca2ec5 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ steps:
 - name: changelog
   image: golang:1.13
   commands:
-    - make check-changelog-drone
+    - make check-changelog-drone PR_CREATOR="$(git show -s --format='%cN' $DRONE_COMMIT)"
 
 - name: license-check
   image: golang:1.13
diff --git a/.github/config.yml b/.github/config.yml
index f324da9d77..06682f674f 100644
--- a/.github/config.yml
+++ b/.github/config.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ updateDocsWhiteList:
   - Tests-only
   - tests-only
   - Tests-Only
+  - Build-deps
 
 updateDocsTargetFiles:
   - changelog/unreleased/
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 881d60d277..c229bac37e 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ updates:
   directory: "/"
   schedule:
     interval: daily
+  commit-message:
+    prefix: "[Build-deps]"
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
   reviewers:
   - ishank011
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 653b64f161..a3f89e7cb3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ check-changelog:
 	go run tools/check-changelog/main.go
 
 check-changelog-drone:
-	go run tools/check-changelog/main.go -repo origin
+	go run tools/check-changelog/main.go -repo origin -user "$(PR_CREATOR)"
 
 # to be run in CI platform
 ci: build-ci test  lint-ci
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/changelog-skip-bots.md b/changelog/unreleased/changelog-skip-bots.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3452abc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/changelog-skip-bots.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Enhancement: Skip changelog enforcement for bot PRs.
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/979
diff --git a/tools/check-changelog/main.go b/tools/check-changelog/main.go
index 55f86e6f06..33c55392b7 100644
--- a/tools/check-changelog/main.go
+++ b/tools/check-changelog/main.go
@@ -28,8 +28,16 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	repo := flag.String("repo", "", "the remote repo against which diff-index is to be derived")
+	user := flag.String("user", "", "the user who created the PR")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	log.Print("PR created by: " + *user)
+	// Skip changelog check for PRs created by bots
+	if *user == "dependabot[bot]" {
+		log.Print("Skipping changelog check")
+		return
+	}
+
 	branch := "master"
 	if *repo != "" {
 		branch = *repo + "/master"