diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d414628..eafb52f 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,35 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
   - package-ecosystem: “nuget”
-    directories: “/csharp/*”
+    directories:
+      - “/csharp/*”
+      - /csharp/snippets/configuration/InitDefaultConfig/
+      - /csharp/snippets/configuration/RegisterDataSources/
+      - /csharp/snippets/information/GetVersion/
+      - /csharp/snippets/information/CheckRepositoryPerformance/
+      - /csharp/snippets/information/GetRepositoryInfo/
+      - /csharp/snippets/information/GetLicense/
+      - /csharp/snippets/loading/LoadWithStatsViaLoop/
+      - /csharp/snippets/loading/LoadViaLoop/
+      - /csharp/snippets/loading/LoadWithInfoViaFutures/
+      - /csharp/snippets/loading/LoadViaFutures/
+      - /csharp/snippets/loading/LoadRecords/
+      - /csharp/snippets/loading/LoadViaQueue/
+      - /csharp/snippets/loading/LoadTruthSetWithInfoViaLoop/
+      - /csharp/snippets/redo/LoadWithRedoViaLoop/
+      - /csharp/snippets/redo/RedoContinuousViaFutures/
+      - /csharp/snippets/redo/RedoWithInfoContinuous/
+      - /csharp/snippets/redo/RedoContinuous/
+      - /csharp/snippets/searching/SearchViaFutures/
+      - /csharp/snippets/searching/SearchRecords/
+      - /csharp/snippets/initialization/EnginePriming/
+      - /csharp/snippets/initialization/PurgeRepository/
+      - /csharp/snippets/initialization/EnvironmentAndHubs/
+      - /csharp/snippets/stewardship/ForceUnresolve/
+      - /csharp/snippets/stewardship/ForceResolve/
+      - /csharp/snippets/deleting/DeleteViaLoop/
+      - /csharp/snippets/deleting/DeleteViaFutures/
+      - /csharp/snippets/deleting/DeleteWithInfoViaFutures/
+      - /csharp/runner/SnippetRunner/
     schedule:
       interval: “daily"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-csharp-dependabot-config.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-csharp-dependabot-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acf49fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-csharp-dependabot-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: validate csharp dependabot config
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate-csharp-dependabot-config:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - run: |
+          cs_projects=$(find . -name "*.csproj" | cut -c 2-)
+          exit_code=0
+          for project in $cs_projects; do
+            project_directory=${project%/*}
+            echo "[INFO] project directory is: $project_directory"
+            if ! grep -qE "\- $project_directory/" .github/dependabot.yml; then
+              echo "[ERROR] $project_directory missing from .github/dependabot.yml configuration"
+              exit_code=1
+            fi
+          done
+
+          exit $exit_code