diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc18f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "nuget"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
diff --git a/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj b/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj
index becc323..5d69f90 100644
--- a/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj
+++ b/src/Core/ServiceWrapper/winsw.csproj
@@ -16,25 +16,20 @@
     <AssemblyName>WindowsService</AssemblyName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="log4net" Version="2.0.8" />
-  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp3.1'">
+    <ILMergeVersion>3.0.40</ILMergeVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp3.1'">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.7.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="4.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp3.1'">
-    <PackageReference Include="ilmerge" Version="3.0.29" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ilmerge" Version="$(ILMergeVersion)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" />
     <Reference Include="System.ServiceProcess" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="$(AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile)" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\WinSWCore\WinSWCore.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Plugins\RunawayProcessKiller\RunawayProcessKiller.csproj" />
@@ -96,7 +91,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <ILMerge>$(NuGetPackageRoot)ilmerge\3.0.29\tools\net452\ILMerge.exe</ILMerge>
+      <ILMerge>$(NuGetPackageRoot)ilmerge\$(ILMergeVersion)\tools\net452\ILMerge.exe</ILMerge>
       <ILMergeArgs>/targetplatform:$(TargetPlatform) /out:$(OutputAssembly) $(InputAssemblies)</ILMergeArgs>
       <ILMergeCommand>"$(ILMerge)" $(ILMergeArgs)</ILMergeCommand>
     </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj b/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj
index d3e6ce1..45f5d2d 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj
+++ b/src/Plugins/RunawayProcessKiller/RunawayProcessKiller.csproj
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>winsw.Plugins.RunawayProcessKiller</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="log4net" Version="2.0.8" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp3.1'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj b/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj
index d3fd4de..b401e4b 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj
+++ b/src/Plugins/SharedDirectoryMapper/SharedDirectoryMapper.csproj
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
     <RootNamespace>winsw.Plugins.SharedDirectoryMapper</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="log4net" Version="2.0.8" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp3.1'">
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj b/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj
index 0baed55..6460b4d 100644
--- a/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj
+++ b/src/Test/winswTests/winswTests.csproj
@@ -8,18 +8,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="1.2.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="coverlet.collector" Version="1.3.0">
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageReference Include="log4net" Version="2.0.8" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.6.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.12.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.16.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp3.1'">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="4.7.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="3.16.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp3.1'">