diff --git a/lib/pr_checker.js b/lib/pr_checker.js
index d4881e0..9463f94 100644
--- a/lib/pr_checker.js
+++ b/lib/pr_checker.js
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class PRChecker {
     return status;
   }
 
-  checkActionsCI() {
+  checkGitHubCI() {
     const { cli, commits } = this;
 
     if (!commits || commits.length === 0) {
@@ -359,44 +359,13 @@ class PRChecker {
     }
 
     // GitHub new Check API
-    for (const { status, conclusion } of checkSuites.nodes) {
-      if (status !== 'COMPLETED') {
-        cli.error('GitHub CI is still running');
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      if (!GITHUB_SUCCESS_CONCLUSIONS.includes(conclusion)) {
-        cli.error('Last GitHub CI failed');
-        return false;
+    for (const { status, conclusion, app } of checkSuites.nodes) {
+      if (app && app.slug === 'dependabot') {
+        // Ignore Dependabot check suites. They are expected to show up
+        // sometimes and never complete.
+        continue;
       }
-    }
-
-    cli.ok('Last GitHub Actions successful');
-    this.CIStatus = true;
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  checkGitHubCI() {
-    const { cli, commits } = this;
 
-    if (!commits || commits.length === 0) {
-      cli.error('No commits detected');
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // NOTE(mmarchini): we only care about the last commit. Maybe in the future
-    // we'll want to check all commits for a successful CI.
-    const { commit } = commits[commits.length - 1];
-
-    this.CIStatus = false;
-    const checkSuites = commit.checkSuites || { nodes: [] };
-    if (!commit.status && checkSuites.nodes.length === 0) {
-      cli.error('No GitHub CI runs detected');
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    // GitHub new Check API
-    for (const { status, conclusion } of checkSuites.nodes) {
       if (status !== 'COMPLETED') {
         cli.error('GitHub CI is still running');
         return false;
@@ -422,7 +391,7 @@ class PRChecker {
       }
     }
 
-    cli.info('Last GitHub CI successful');
+    cli.ok('Last GitHub CI successful');
     this.CIStatus = true;
     return true;
   }
@@ -460,14 +429,14 @@ class PRChecker {
   }
 
   async checkNodejsCI() {
-    let status = this.checkActionsCI();
+    let status = this.checkGitHubCI();
     if (
       this.pr.labels.nodes.some((l) => l.name === 'needs-ci') ||
       this.requiresJenkinsRun()
     ) {
       status &= await this.checkJenkinsCI();
     } else {
-      this.cli.info('Green GitHub Actions CI is sufficient');
+      this.cli.info('Green GitHub CI is sufficient');
     }
     return status;
   }
diff --git a/lib/queries/PRCommits.gql b/lib/queries/PRCommits.gql
index 03aab93..d8a7db6 100644
--- a/lib/queries/PRCommits.gql
+++ b/lib/queries/PRCommits.gql
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ query Commits($prid: Int!, $owner: String!, $repo: String!, $after: String) {
             authoredByCommitter
             checkSuites(first: 100) {
               nodes {
+                app {
+                  slug
+                }
                 conclusion,
                 status
               }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/github-ci/success-dependabot-queued.json b/test/fixtures/github-ci/success-dependabot-queued.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a798e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/github-ci/success-dependabot-queued.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[
+  {
+    "commit": {
+      "committedDate": "2017-10-26T12:10:20Z",
+      "oid": "9d098ssiskj8dhd39js0sjd0cn2ng4is9n40sj12d",
+      "messageHeadline": "doc: add api description README",
+      "author": {
+        "login": "foo"
+      },
+      "checkSuites": {
+        "nodes": [
+          {
+            "app": {
+              "slug": "dependabot"
+            },
+            "status": "QUEUED",
+            "conclusion": null
+          },
+          {
+            "status": "COMPLETED",
+            "conclusion": "SUCCESS"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
+
diff --git a/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js b/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js
index 970589a..7a01d88 100644
--- a/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/pr_checker.test.js
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
           ['No GitHub CI runs detected']
         ],
         info: [
-          ['Green GitHub Actions CI is sufficient']
+          ['Green GitHub CI is sufficient']
         ]
       };
 
@@ -839,10 +839,10 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
 
       const expectedLogs = {
         ok: [
-          ['Last GitHub Actions successful']
+          ['Last GitHub CI successful']
         ],
         info: [
-          ['Green GitHub Actions CI is sufficient']
+          ['Green GitHub CI is sufficient']
         ]
       };
 
@@ -883,10 +883,10 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
 
       const expectedLogs = {
         ok: [
-          ['Last GitHub Actions successful']
+          ['Last GitHub CI successful']
         ],
         info: [
-          ['Green GitHub Actions CI is sufficient']
+          ['Green GitHub CI is sufficient']
         ]
       };
 
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
 
       const expectedLogs = {
         ok: [
-          ['Last GitHub Actions successful'],
+          ['Last GitHub CI successful'],
           ['Last Jenkins CI successful']
         ],
         error: [
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
       const cli = new TestCLI();
 
       const expectedLogs = {
-        info: [
+        ok: [
           ['Last GitHub CI successful']
         ]
       };
@@ -1477,6 +1477,28 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
       cli.assertCalledWith(expectedLogs);
     });
 
+    it(
+      'should succeed if status succeeded with queued Dependabot check',
+      async() => {
+        const cli = new TestCLI();
+
+        const expectedLogs = {
+          ok: [
+            ['Last GitHub CI successful']
+          ]
+        };
+
+        const commits = githubCI['success-dependabot-queued'];
+        const data = Object.assign({}, baseData, { commits });
+
+        const checker = new PRChecker(cli, data, {}, testArgv);
+
+        const status = await checker.checkCI();
+        assert(status);
+        cli.assertCalledWith(expectedLogs);
+      }
+    );
+
     it('should error if Check suite failed', async() => {
       const cli = new TestCLI();
 
@@ -1519,7 +1541,7 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
       const cli = new TestCLI();
 
       const expectedLogs = {
-        info: [
+        ok: [
           ['Last GitHub CI successful']
         ]
       };
@@ -1576,7 +1598,7 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
       const cli = new TestCLI();
 
       const expectedLogs = {
-        info: [
+        ok: [
           ['Last GitHub CI successful']
         ]
       };
@@ -1595,7 +1617,7 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
       const cli = new TestCLI();
 
       const expectedLogs = {
-        info: [
+        ok: [
           ['Last GitHub CI successful']
         ]
       };
@@ -1671,7 +1693,7 @@ describe('PRChecker', () => {
       const cli = new TestCLI();
 
       const expectedLogs = {
-        info: [
+        ok: [
           ['Last GitHub CI successful']
         ]
       };