diff --git a/.github/workflows/PR.yml b/.github/workflows/PR.yml
index 3b87b551726..dd388ecdb1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PR.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR.yml
@@ -72,11 +72,14 @@ jobs:
   build:
     needs: status
     if: >-
-      needs.status.outputs.skip-ci != '1' && (
-        contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'A0-pleasereview')
-        || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'A4-insubstantial')
-        || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'A2-mergeoncegreen')
-      )
+      needs.status.outputs.skip-ci != '1'
+      && (
+        contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '[depbot]')
+        || (
+          contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'A0-pleasereview')
+          || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'A4-insubstantial')
+          || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'A2-mergeoncegreen')
+        ))
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
     with:
       cache: ${{ needs.status.outputs.cache }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index a0968811a72..1271af50f00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       RUSTUP_HOME: /tmp/rustup_home
-    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '[skip-ci]') }}
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, '[skip-ci]') && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
diff --git a/scripts/benchmarking/run_all_benchmarks.sh b/scripts/benchmarking/run_all_benchmarks.sh
index 1e1c6677713..bd001f2527f 100755
--- a/scripts/benchmarking/run_all_benchmarks.sh
+++ b/scripts/benchmarking/run_all_benchmarks.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ BENCHMARK_REPEAT_ONE_TIME_EXTRINSICS=1000
 # List of one-time extrinsics to benchmark.
 # They are retrieved automatically from the pallet_gear benchmarks file by their `r` component range 0..1,
 # which defines them as one-time extrinsics.
-ONE_TIME_EXTRINSICS=$(cat "pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/mod.rs" | grep "0 .. 1;" -B 1 | grep -E "{$" | awk '{print $1}')
+mapfile -t ONE_TIME_EXTRINSICS < <(cat "pallets/gear/src/benchmarking/mod.rs" | grep "0 .. 1;" -B 1 | grep -E "{$" | awk '{print $1}')
 
 while getopts 'bmfps:c:v' flag; do
   case "${flag}" in
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ for PALLET in "${PALLETS[@]}"; do
   fi
 
 
-  # Get all the extrinsics for the pallet if the pallet is "pallet_gear"
+  # Get all the extrinsics for the pallet if the pallet is "pallet_gear".
   if [ "$PALLET" == "pallet_gear" ]
   then
     IFS=',' read -r -a ALL_EXTRINSICS <<< "$(IFS=',' $GEAR benchmark pallet --list \
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ for PALLET in "${PALLETS[@]}"; do
         --steps=$BENCHMARK_STEPS_ONE_TIME_EXTRINSICS \
         --repeat=$BENCHMARK_REPEAT_ONE_TIME_EXTRINSICS \
         --pallet="$PALLET" \
-        --extrinsic="$(IFS=, ; echo "${ONE_TIME_EXTRINSICS[*]}")" \
+        --extrinsic="$(IFS=', '; echo "${ONE_TIME_EXTRINSICS[*]}")" \
         --execution=wasm \
         --wasm-execution=compiled \
         --heap-pages=4096 \