My company locks versions, but dependabot is configured on all of our repos. It automatically creates PRs to bump versions, and if CI passes for minor/patch bum

My company locks versions, but dependabot is configured on all of our repos. It automatically creates PRs to bump versions, and if CI passes for minor/patch bumps they get automatically merged. This takes a lot of the hassle out of the problem. For major bumps, a manual approval is required, but they happen infrequently enough that it's not a lot of work.