diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index e99d10455..fd489626e 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,21 @@ updates:
       timezone: Australia/Brisbane
     open-pull-requests-limit: 99
   - package-ecosystem: cargo
-    directory: "/kanidmd"
+    directory: "/kanidmd/idm"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      time: "06:00"
+      timezone: Australia/Brisbane
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: "/kanidmd/score"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      time: "06:00"
+      timezone: Australia/Brisbane
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: "/kanidmd/daemon"
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
       time: "06:00"
@@ -43,12 +57,39 @@ updates:
       time: "06:00"
       timezone: Australia/Brisbane
     open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: "/kanidmd_web_ui"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      time: "06:00"
+      timezone: Australia/Brisbane
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
   - package-ecosystem: cargo
     directory: "/kanidm_unix_int"
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
       time: "06:00"
       timezone: Australia/Brisbane
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: "/kanidm_unix_int/nss_kanidm"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      time: "06:00"
+      timezone: Australia/Brisbane
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: "/kanidm_unix_int/pam_kanidm"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      time: "06:00"
+      timezone: Australia/Brisbane
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: "/kanidm_unix_int/pam_tester"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      time: "06:00"
+      timezone: Australia/Brisbane
     open-pull-requests-limit: 99
   - package-ecosystem: cargo
     directory: "/orca"
@@ -57,3 +98,10 @@ updates:
       time: "06:00"
       timezone: Australia/Brisbane
     open-pull-requests-limit: 99
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    directory: "/profiles"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      time: "06:00"
+      timezone: Australia/Brisbane
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 99
diff --git a/check_dependabot.sh b/check_dependabot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..205149e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_dependabot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# checks that all the cargo files are found in the dependabot config
+# doesn't check that extras are there, dependabot will tell you
+# typically here - https://github.com/kanidm/kanidm/network/updates
+
+DIRNAMES="$(find . -type f -name Cargo.toml | sed -E 's/^\.//' | xargs -n1 dirname)"
+
+for dirname in $DIRNAMES; do
+    echo "Checking for ${dirname}"
+    if [ "$(grep -c "\"${dirname}\"" .github/dependabot.yml)" -ne 1 ]; then
+        echo "Need to find this!"
+    else
+        echo "OK!"
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/kanidmd/score/tests/common.rs b/kanidmd/score/tests/common.rs
index 331ed1ec2..502fda411 100644
--- a/kanidmd/score/tests/common.rs
+++ b/kanidmd/score/tests/common.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub const ADMIN_TEST_USER: &str = "admin";
 pub const ADMIN_TEST_PASSWORD: &str = "integration test admin password";
 pub static PORT_ALLOC: AtomicU16 = AtomicU16::new(18080);
 
-fn is_free_port(port: u16) -> bool {
+pub fn is_free_port(port: u16) -> bool {
     // TODO: Refactor to use `Result::is_err` in a future PR
     match TcpStream::connect(("0.0.0.0", port)) {
         Ok(_) => false,
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ fn is_free_port(port: u16) -> bool {
 }
 
 // Test external behaviours of the service.
+
+// allowed because the use of this function is behind a test gate
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub async fn setup_async_test() -> KanidmClient {
     let _ = tracing_tree::test_init();
 
diff --git a/kanidmd/score/tests/https_middleware.rs b/kanidmd/score/tests/https_middleware.rs
index fafe0d49d..ae659da35 100644
--- a/kanidmd/score/tests/https_middleware.rs
+++ b/kanidmd/score/tests/https_middleware.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use std::net::TcpStream;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 mod common;
@@ -10,13 +9,7 @@ use kanidm::tracing_tree;
 use score::create_server_core;
 use tokio::task;
 
-fn is_free_port(port: u16) -> bool {
-    // TODO: Refactor to use `Result::is_err` in a future PR
-    match TcpStream::connect(("0.0.0.0", port)) {
-        Ok(_) => false,
-        Err(_) => true,
-    }
-}
+use crate::common::is_free_port;
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_https_middleware_headers() {