miscellaneous fixes for adding dependabot support

[amold1]

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 40.75%. Comparing base (f73244c) to head (95e1b28).
Report is 2 commits behind head on main.

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+ Coverage   38.42%   40.75%   +2.33%     
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  Files          24       23       -1     
  Lines        1957     1818     -139     
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- Hits          752      741      -11     
+ Misses       1169     1043     -126     
+ Partials       36       34       -2     

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