diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 9c84ee52f2a..3d86cfbd40b 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 /.github/workflows/auto-approve.yml linguist-generated
 /.github/workflows/auto-close-community-issues.yml linguist-generated
 /.github/workflows/auto-close-community-prs.yml linguist-generated
+/.github/workflows/automerge.yml linguist-generated
 /.github/workflows/build.yml linguist-generated
 /.github/workflows/force-release.yml linguist-generated
 /.github/workflows/lock.yml linguist-generated
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@
 /.github/workflows/stale.yml linguist-generated
 /.github/workflows/upgrade-main.yml linguist-generated
 /.gitignore linguist-generated
-/.mergify.yml linguist-generated
 /.npmignore linguist-generated
 /.projen/** linguist-generated
 /.projen/deps.json linguist-generated
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c31f4d366c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# ~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.js and run "npx projen".
+
+name: automerge
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - labeled
+      - ready_for_review
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+jobs:
+  automerge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'automerge') && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'do-not-merge') && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+      - name: Turn on automerge for this PR by a trusted user or bot
+        if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(fromJSON('["OWNER", "MEMBER", "COLLABORATOR"]'), github.event.pull_request.author_association) || github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PROJEN_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 45182cf582e..cfbb5bd1ff7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           days-before-stale: -1
           days-before-close: -1
-          days-before-pr-stale: 14
-          days-before-pr-close: 7
-          stale-pr-message: 14 days have passed since this PR was opened, and I assume other builds have succeeded in the meantime. If no one removes the `stale` label or comments, I'm going to auto-close this PR in 7 days.
-          close-pr-message: I'm closing this PR automatically with the assumption that other builds have succeeded in the meantime.
+          days-before-pr-stale: 1
+          days-before-pr-close: 0
+          stale-pr-message: Closing this PR, if it has not merged there is most likely a CI or CDKTF issue preventing it from merging. If this has been a manual PR, please reopen it and add the `no-auto-close` label to prevent this from happening again.
+          close-pr-message: Closing this pull request as it hasn't seen activity for a while. Please add a comment @mentioning a maintainer to reopen. If you wish to exclude this issue from being marked as stale, add the "no-auto-close" label.
           stale-pr-label: stale
-          exempt-pr-labels: backlog
+          exempt-pr-labels: no-auto-close
           days-before-issue-stale: 45
           days-before-issue-close: 14
           stale-issue-message: 45 days have passed since this issue was opened, and I assume other publishes have succeeded in the meantime. If no one removes the `stale` label or comments, I'm going to auto-close this issue in 14 days.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed07c78486a..e3679ef5775 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 !/.projen/tasks.json
 !/.projen/deps.json
 !/.projen/files.json
-!/.mergify.yml
 !/.github/workflows/pull-request-lint.yml
 !/.github/workflows/stale.yml
 !/package.json
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ package-lock.json
 !/.github/workflows/auto-approve.yml
 !/.github/workflows/auto-close-community-issues.yml
 !/.github/workflows/auto-close-community-prs.yml
+!/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
 !/.github/workflows/lock.yml
 !/.github/workflows/next-cdktf-version-pr.yml
 !/.github/workflows/alert-open-prs.yml
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 72d08e22555..00000000000
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# ~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.js and run "npx projen".
-
-queue_rules:
-  - name: default
-    update_method: merge
-    conditions:
-      - "#approved-reviews-by>=1"
-      - -label~=(do-not-merge)
-      - status-success=build
-      - status-success=package-js
-      - status-success=package-java
-      - status-success=package-python
-      - status-success=package-dotnet
-      - status-success=package-go
-pull_request_rules:
-  - name: Automatically approve PRs with automerge label
-    actions:
-      review:
-        type: APPROVE
-        message: Automatically approved due to label
-    conditions:
-      - label=automerge
-      - -label~=(do-not-merge)
-      - -draft
-      - author=team-tf-cdk
-  - name: Automatically close stale PRs
-    actions:
-      close:
-        message: Closing this automatic PR, if it has not merged there is most likely a CI or CDKTF issue preventing it from merging
-    conditions:
-      - author=team-tf-cdk
-      - -draft
-      - created-at<1 day ago
-  - name: Automatic merge on approval and successful build
-    actions:
-      delete_head_branch: {}
-      queue:
-        method: squash
-        name: default
-        commit_message_template: |-
-          {{ title }} (#{{ number }})
-
-          {{ body }}
-    conditions:
-      - "#approved-reviews-by>=1"
-      - -label~=(do-not-merge)
-      - status-success=build
-      - status-success=package-js
-      - status-success=package-java
-      - status-success=package-python
-      - status-success=package-dotnet
-      - status-success=package-go
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index f53a30996b0..88d99b10a0f 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 permissions-backup.acl
 /dist/changelog.md
 /dist/version.txt
-/.mergify.yml
 /test/
 /tsconfig.dev.json
 /src/
diff --git a/.projen/files.json b/.projen/files.json
index 52f25ae3e21..24d5d19e8ab 100644
--- a/.projen/files.json
+++ b/.projen/files.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     ".github/workflows/auto-approve.yml",
     ".github/workflows/auto-close-community-issues.yml",
     ".github/workflows/auto-close-community-prs.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/automerge.yml",
     ".github/workflows/build.yml",
     ".github/workflows/force-release.yml",
     ".github/workflows/lock.yml",
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@
     ".github/workflows/stale.yml",
     ".github/workflows/upgrade-main.yml",
     ".gitignore",
-    ".mergify.yml",
     ".projen/deps.json",
     ".projen/files.json",
     ".projen/tasks.json",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index debf20a4b4c..46d2604ee2b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@
     jsii-srcmak "^0.1.954"
 
 "@cdktf/provider-project@^0.4.0":
-  version "0.4.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cdktf/provider-project/-/provider-project-0.4.5.tgz#608aee4c0f96cb19280a931ae7f917063dd73e18"
-  integrity sha512-0yqrXgpNOhtM8vjOwdcR+U/5/CcxVcH4uYQqSdusSH3g8Dwd/yv/ipABhjeBJ8r5vgxcncDTxFNbCwbW6PdK+Q==
+  version "0.4.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@cdktf/provider-project/-/provider-project-0.4.6.tgz#203044a61b1cabc4ed4d5f640e510b6d93e853d9"
+  integrity sha512-IO6zRdpjb8z05jUMf7L4m59PgKO4FktZyxtEDDcsYKATfzeY0jZlTYL2i89yydLIMHPtBffbZG9Vg5Uz0tk5vg==
   dependencies:
     change-case "^4.1.2"
     fs-extra "^10.1.0"