diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13698eb4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: gradle
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+  target-branch: v6
+  ignore:
+  - dependency-name: com.google.guava:guava
+    versions:
+    - ">= 22.a"
+    - "< 23"
+  - dependency-name: com.google.guava:guava
+    versions:
+    - ">= 23.a"
+    - "< 24"
+  - dependency-name: com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp
+    versions:
+    - "> 4.2.2"
+  - dependency-name: com.squareup.okio:okio
+    versions:
+    - "> 2.4.1"
+    - "< 3"
+  - dependency-name: com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit
+    versions:
+    - "> 2.4.0"
+    - "< 3"
+  - dependency-name: net.kyori:text-adapter-bukkit
+    versions:
+    - "> 3.0.3"
+    - "< 3.1"
diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/ServerListener.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/ServerListener.java
index 9c20fd425..1fa5ed699 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/ServerListener.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/listener/ServerListener.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.plotsquared.bukkit.placeholder.MVdWPlaceholders;
 import com.plotsquared.core.PlotSquared;
 import com.plotsquared.core.configuration.caption.TranslatableCaption;
 import com.plotsquared.core.player.ConsolePlayer;
+import com.plotsquared.core.configuration.Settings;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class ServerListener implements Listener {
     }
 
     @EventHandler public void onServerLoad(ServerLoadEvent event) {
-        if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("MVdWPlaceholderAPI") != null) {
+        if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("MVdWPlaceholderAPI") != null && Settings.Enabled_Components.USE_MVDWAPI) {
             new MVdWPlaceholders(this.plugin, PlotSquared.get().getPlaceholderRegistry());
             ConsolePlayer.getConsole().sendMessage(TranslatableCaption.of("placeholder.hooked"));
         }
diff --git a/Core/build.gradle b/Core/build.gradle
index 7e69cbeb3..b47d359d0 100644
--- a/Core/build.gradle
+++ b/Core/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repositories {
 def textVersion = "3.0.2"
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.25")
+    implementation("org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.26")
     implementation("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6") {
         because("Minecraft uses GSON 2.8.0")
         force = true
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
index e59c73677..fed29c9f0 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ public class Settings extends Config {
         public static boolean EXTENDED_USERNAME_COMPLETION = true;
         @Comment("Command aliases that will be tab completed")
         public static List<String> TAB_COMPLETED_ALIASES = Arrays.asList("plot", "plots", "p", "plotsquared", "plot2", "p2", "ps", "2", "plotme", "plotz", "ap");
+        @Comment("Whether PlotSquared should hook into MvDWPlaceholderAPI or not")
+        public static boolean USE_MVDWAPI = true;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3b0474633..3ca0cf1ba 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ buildscript {
     configurations.all {
         resolutionStrategy {
             force("org.ow2.asm:asm:8.0.1")
-            force("org.jetbrains:annotations:20.0.0")
+            force("org.jetbrains:annotations:20.1.0")
         }
     }
 }
 
 plugins {
     id "maven-publish"
-    id "org.ajoberstar.grgit" version "4.0.1"
+    id "org.ajoberstar.grgit" version "4.0.2"
 }
 
 group = "com.plotsquared"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ subprojects { subproject ->
         resolutionStrategy {
             force("junit:junit:4.12")
             force("com.google.guava:guava:21.0")
-            force("org.jetbrains:annotations:20.0.0")
+            force("org.jetbrains:annotations:20.1.0")
             force("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
         }
     }