diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9bcfa45..3fc751ca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -144,3 +144,41 @@ pages:
 #    - /opt/ort/bin/ort analyze -i $CI_PROJECT_DIR -o $CI_PROJECT_DIR/ --allow-dynamic-versions
 #    - /opt/ort/bin/ort scan -i $CI_PROJECT_DIR/analyzer-result.yml -o $CI_PROJECT_DIR/ || true
 #    - /opt/ort/bin/ort report -f GitLabLicenseModel -i $CI_PROJECT_DIR/scan-result.yml -o $CI_PROJECT_DIR/
+
+update-dependencies:
+  stage: coverage
+  image: debian:testing
+  needs: []
+  tags:
+    - docker
+  only:
+    - schedules
+  variables:
+    HOST: ${CI_PROJECT_URL}
+    UPDATE_BRANCH: ci-bot/dependency-updates
+    PRIVATE_TOKEN: ${GITLAB_API_TOKEN}
+  before_script:
+    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl git gnupg2 openssh-client python3
+    - curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
+    - curl https://storage.googleapis.com/download.dartlang.org/linux/debian/dart_stable.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dart_stable.list
+    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y dart
+    - ln -s /usr/lib/dart/bin/pub /usr/bin/
+
+    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+    - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_BOT_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
+
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+    - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
+
+    - ssh-keyscan gitlab.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+    - git config --global user.email "info@famedly.com"
+    - git config --global user.name "Famedly Bot"
+  script:
+    - pub get
+    - pub run dapackages:dapackages.dart ./pubspec.yaml
+    - pub get
+    - git remote set-url --push origin git@gitlab.com:$CI_PROJECT_PATH
+    - 'git diff --exit-code || (git checkout -B ${UPDATE_BRANCH} && git add . && git commit -m "chore: Update dependencies" && git push -f origin ${UPDATE_BRANCH} && ./scripts/open-mr.sh)'
+
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 8ae05fd7..1cec4572 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
   html_unescape: ^1.0.1+3
   moor: ^3.0.2
   random_string: ^2.0.1
-  encrypt: ^4.0.2
+  encrypt: 4.0.2
   crypto: ^2.1.4
   base58check: ^1.0.1
   password_hash: ^2.0.0
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ dev_dependencies:
   test_coverage: ^0.4.3
   moor_generator: ^3.0.0
   build_runner: ^1.5.2
-  pedantic: ^1.9.0
+  pedantic: ^1.9.2
+  dapackages: ^1.4.0
+
   #flutter_test:
   #  sdk: flutter
diff --git a/scripts/open-mr.sh b/scripts/open-mr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d2d4b7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/open-mr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# source: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/09/05/how-to-automatically-create-a-new-mr-on-gitlab-with-gitlab-ci/
+
+# Extract the host where the server is running, and add the URL to the APIs
+[[ $HOST =~ ^https?://[^/]+ ]] && HOST="${BASH_REMATCH[0]}/api/v4/projects/"
+
+# Look which is the default branch
+TARGET_BRANCH=`curl --silent "${HOST}${CI_PROJECT_ID}" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN:${PRIVATE_TOKEN}" | python3 -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['default_branch'])"`;
+
+# The description of our new MR, we want to remove the branch after the MR has
+# been closed
+BODY="{
+    \"id\": ${CI_PROJECT_ID},
+    \"source_branch\": \"${UPDATE_BRANCH}\",
+    \"target_branch\": \"${TARGET_BRANCH}\",
+    \"remove_source_branch\": true,
+    \"title\": \"chore: automated dependency update\"
+}";
+
+# Require a list of all the merge request and take a look if there is already
+# one with the same source branch
+LISTMR=`curl --silent "${HOST}${CI_PROJECT_ID}/merge_requests?state=opened" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN:${PRIVATE_TOKEN}"`;
+COUNTBRANCHES=`echo ${LISTMR} | grep -o "\"source_branch\":\"${UPDATE_BRANCH}\"" | wc -l`;
+
+# No MR found, let's create a new one
+if [ ${COUNTBRANCHES} -eq "0" ]; then
+    curl -X POST "${HOST}${CI_PROJECT_ID}/merge_requests" \
+        --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN:${PRIVATE_TOKEN}" \
+        --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        --data "${BODY}";
+
+    echo "Opened a new dependency update MR."
+    exit;
+fi
+
+echo "No new merge request opened.";