diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 3a4e09fe6..b4cd7594e 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ updates:
     cooldown:
         default-days: 7
         exclude: ["github.com/stackitcloud*"]
+    groups:
+        stackit:
+          patterns:
+            - "github.com/stackitcloud/stackit-sdk-go/*"
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
diff --git a/golang-ci.yaml b/golang-ci.yaml
index 3026ce631..e24b479bb 100644
--- a/golang-ci.yaml
+++ b/golang-ci.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ linters:
         - name: atomic
         - name: empty-lines
         - name: early-return
+    staticcheck:
+      checks:
+        # default from https://golangci-lint.run/docs/linters/configuration/#staticcheck
+        - all
+        - "-ST1000"
+        - "-ST1003"
+        - "-ST1016"
+        - "-ST1020"
+        - "-ST1021"
+        - "-ST1022"
+        # customizations
+        - "-SA1019" # disable deprecation errors while we switch over to the SDK structure with multi API version support
   exclusions:
     generated: lax
     paths: