diff --git a/dependabot.yml b/dependabot.yml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "./tasks"  # path of requirements.txt
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily" # can be changed to weekly or monthly
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5  # to limit the number of open PRs from Dependabot
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "fix"  # for commit messages created by Dependabot
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+attrs
+channels_redis~=4.2.0
+django-celery-email
+django-cors-headers~=4.4.0
+django-pipeline~=3.1.0
+django-redis~=5.4.0
+MySQL-python
+psycopg2
+raven
+service_identity
+uwsgi
+django~=4.0
+openwisp2_controller
+openwisp2_network_topology
+openwisp2_firmware_upgrader
+openwisp2_monitoring
+openwisp2_radius
diff --git a/tasks/pip.yml b/tasks/pip.yml
index 621b6d30..c5838557 100644
--- a/tasks/pip.yml
+++ b/tasks/pip.yml
@@ -1,248 +1,2 @@
----
-
-- name: Update pip & related tools
-  pip:
-    name:
-      - pip
-      - setuptools
-      - wheel
-      - attrs
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-
-- name: Remove jsonfield2
-  pip:
-    name:
-      - jsonfield2
-    state: absent
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 2
-  delay: 5
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install openwisp2 controller and its dependencies
-  pip:
-    name:
-      - "{{ openwisp2_controller_version }}"
-      - service_identity
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  environment:
-    LC_CTYPE: "en_US.UTF-8"
-  notify: Reload application
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  tags:
-    - molecule-idempotence-notest
-
-- name: Install channels_redis~=4.2.0
-  pip:
-    name:
-      - channels_redis~=4.2.0
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 1
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-
-- name: Install django-redis
-  pip:
-    name: "django-redis~=5.4.0"
-    state: present
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  notify: Reload application
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-
-- name: Install openwisp2 network topology and its dependencies
-  when: openwisp2_network_topology
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ openwisp2_network_topology_version }}"
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  notify: Reload application
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  tags:
-    - molecule-idempotence-notest
-
-- name: Install openwisp firmware upgrader and its dependencies
-  when: openwisp2_firmware_upgrader
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ openwisp2_firmware_upgrader_version }}"
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  notify: Reload application
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  tags:
-    - molecule-idempotence-notest
-
-- name: Install openwisp monitoring and its dependencies
-  when: openwisp2_monitoring
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ openwisp2_monitoring_version }}"
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  notify: Reload application
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  tags:
-    - molecule-idempotence-notest
-
-- name: Install openwisp2_radius and its dependencies
-  when: openwisp2_radius
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ openwisp2_radius_version }}"
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  notify: Reload application
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  tags:
-    - molecule-idempotence-notest
-
-- name: Install django-cors-headers
-  when: openwisp2_django_cors.get('enabled')
-  pip:
-    name: "django-cors-headers~=4.4.0"
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install extra python packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ openwisp2_extra_python_packages }}"
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-  tags: [extra_pip]
-
-- name: Install static minification dependencies
-  pip:
-    name:
-      - django-pipeline~=3.1.0
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install uwsgi
-  pip:
-    name: uwsgi
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install psycopg2
-  when: openwisp2_database.engine in ["django.db.backends.postgresql", "django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis"]
-  pip:
-    name: psycopg2
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install MySQL-python
-  when: openwisp2_database.engine in ["django.db.backends.mysql", "django.contrib.gis.db.backends.mysql"]
-  pip:
-    name: MySQL-python
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install raven (sentry client)
-  when: openwisp2_sentry.get('dsn')
-  pip:
-    name: raven
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install django-celery-email
-  pip:
-    name: django-celery-email
-    state: latest
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  when: openwisp2_email_backend == "djcelery_email.backends.CeleryEmailBackend"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-
-- name: Install django
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ openwisp2_django_version }}"
-    state: present
-    virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
-    virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 10
-  register: result
-  until: result is success
-  notify: Reload application
-  tags:
-    - molecule-idempotence-notest
+dependencies:
+  - "-r ../requirements.txt"