diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/helix-matrix.yml b/.azure/pipelines/helix-matrix.yml
index 0684583d13b5ffb8e1040afd4bb75487fbb96067..c59b65b32b448ea6f0a59477e18b28d75dad8416 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/helix-matrix.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/helix-matrix.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ schedules:
 - cron: "0 9 * * *"
   branches:
     include:
-    - release/5.0
     - release/6.0
+    - release/7.0
   always: false
 
 variables:
diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml b/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml
index 2a49290726e8f04addec281c05a4374b5c433d3f..2d6ce7f2446fac4b88563c08c517af02bc48dd4e 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/quarantined-pr.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 #
 
 # Configure which branches trigger builds
-# We want to run quarantined tests on release/5.0 and main as well as on PRs
+# We want to run quarantined tests on release/6.0 and later as well as on PRs
 trigger:
   batch: true
   branches:
     include:
     - main
-    - release/5.0
     - release/6.0
+    - release/7.0
 
 # Run PR validation on branches that include Helix tests
 pr:
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ pr:
   branches:
     include:
     - main
-    - release/5.0
     - release/6.0
+    - release/7.0
   paths:
     exclude:
     - .github/*
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 902c5873c32555a6674693ad1f90b0147f825d5b..0f21612d6844b832c8679f161d57eb1967d7370a 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -62,4 +62,15 @@ updates:
     labels:
       - area-infrastructure
     target-branch: "release/6.0"
-   
+  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly"
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: "all"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "[release/7.0] "
+      include: scope
+    labels:
+      - area-infrastructure
+    target-branch: "release/7.0"