diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 4475e98b..f037cdc7 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 version: 2
 
 updates:
-  - directory: /
-    package-ecosystem: gitsubmodule
-    schedule:
-        interval: "daily"
-
   - directory: /
     package-ecosystem: "npm"
     schedule:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/submodule-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/submodule-auto-merge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30f9fb06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/submodule-auto-merge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: submodule/font auto-merge
+on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "${{github.actor == 'd2ai-bot' && github.event.pull_request.title == 'submodule update: generate-font'}}"
+    steps:
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for submodule updates
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --merge "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/submodule-update.yml b/.github/workflows/submodule-update.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..074e0d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/submodule-update.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Update submodules
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 18 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  update_submodules:
+    name: Update submodules
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout D2AI
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.x
+          cache: pnpm
+
+      - name: Update submodules
+        run: git submodule update --remote --recursive
+
+      - name: porcelain check
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+        id: data
+        with:
+          base: HEAD
+          filters: |
+            changed:
+              - '**'
+
+      - name: pnpm generate-font
+        if: steps.data.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        run: |
+          pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
+          pnpm generate-font
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        if: steps.data.outputs.changed == 'true'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+          commit-message: submodule update
+          committer: D2AI Bot <destinyitemmanager@gmail.com>
+          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
+          title: 'submodule update: generate-font'
+          body: |
+            Submodule Update
+            generate-font
+
+          branch: submodule-update-v${{ github.event.client_payload.config.env.MANIFEST_VERSION }}