diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
index 7096339ab5..39da7addec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,14 @@ jobs:
           git add package.json
           git -c user.name="GitHub" -c user.email="noreply@github.com" commit --author="github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>" -m"Fix package.json" | sed -n 1p || true
           git push
-          if [[ $(git status --porcelain | tee /dev/stderr | head -c1 | wc -c) -ne 0 || $(git clean -dffx | tee /dev/stderr | head -c1 | wc -c) -ne 0 ]]; then
-            exit 1
+          if [[ $(git diff --stat "$(git log -1 --skip=2 --format=%H)" "$(git log -1 --format=%H)") -eq 0 ]]; then
+            echo "automerge_pull_action=close" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          else
+            echo "automerge_pull_action=merge" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           fi
         fi
-  automerge:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: package_json
-    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && needs.package_json.result == 'success' }}
-    steps:
     - name: automerge
+      if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && env.automerge_pull_action == 'merge' }}
       uses: actions/github-script@v6.4.1
       with:
         script: |
@@ -45,13 +43,8 @@ jobs:
             pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
             merge_method: 'merge'
           })
-  close:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: package_json
-    if: ${{ github.actor == 'renovate[bot]' && needs.package_json.result == 'success' }}
-    steps:
-    - name: Close Pull
+    - name: close
+      if: ${{ github.actor == 'renovate[bot]' || (github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && env.automerge_pull_action == 'close') }}
       uses: peter-evans/close-pull@v3.0.1
-      continue-on-error: true
       with:
         delete-branch: true