diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index bad6ba3f62a..bd72c5b9396 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       # Check for updates once a week
       interval: 'weekly'
+    groups:
+      actions:
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
diff --git a/ci/min_deps_check.py b/ci/min_deps_check.py
index bbaf440a9a0..48ea323ed81 100755
--- a/ci/min_deps_check.py
+++ b/ci/min_deps_check.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 publication date. Compare it against requirements/min-all-deps.yml to verify the
 policy on obsolete dependencies is being followed. Print a pretty report :)
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import itertools
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Iterator
diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment.yml b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
index 0aa5a6bc2f1..f2304ce62ca 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
   - hdf5
   - hypothesis
   - iris
-  - lxml  # Optional dep of pydap
+  - lxml # Optional dep of pydap
   - matplotlib-base
   - nc-time-axis
   - netcdf4
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - pooch
   - pre-commit
+  - pyarrow # pandas makes a deprecation warning without this, breaking doctests
   - pydap
   - pytest
   - pytest-cov
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4e770a01e0f..72bf2931e72 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -271,3 +271,8 @@ testpaths = ["xarray/tests", "properties"]
 
 [tool.aliases]
 test = "pytest"
+
+[tool.repo-review]
+ignore = [
+  "PP308" # This option creates a large amount of log lines.
+]