diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 9a8065aaa1..d13ed3ced4 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ updates:
     directory: "/dependency" # Location of package manifests
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-    target-branch: "dependency-update"
     labels:
       - "dependencies"
diff --git a/features/steps/test_starter/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt b/features/steps/test_starter/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt
index 56fcfab7ac..e2e87efa92 100644
--- a/features/steps/test_starter/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
+++ b/features/steps/test_starter/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ flake8>=3.7.9, <5.0
 ipython>=7.31.1, <8.0
 isort~=5.0
 jupyter~=1.0
+jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1, <2.16.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro[pandas.CSVDataSet]=={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
diff --git a/kedro/templates/project/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt b/kedro/templates/project/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt
index d16a18d649..e18edf9ed0 100644
--- a/kedro/templates/project/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
+++ b/kedro/templates/project/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/src/requirements.txt	
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ flake8>=3.7.9, <5.0
 ipython>=7.31.1, <8.0
 isort~=5.0
 jupyter~=1.0
+jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1, <2.16.0
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 kedro~={{ cookiecutter.kedro_version }}
 kedro-telemetry~=0.2.0
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 10a4ebfcaf..52305e865a 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ipython>=7.31.1, <8.0
 isort~=5.0
 Jinja2<3.1.0
 joblib>=0.14
+jupyterlab_server>=2.11.1, <2.16.0 # 2.16.0 requires importlib_metedata >= 4.8.3 which conflicts with flake8 requirement
 jupyterlab~=3.0
 jupyter~=1.0
 lxml~=4.6