diff --git a/.pyup.yml b/.pyup.yml
index 9f78cf8c..4978524e 100644
--- a/.pyup.yml
+++ b/.pyup.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-# Specify requirement files by hand
+# configure updates globally
+# default: all
+# allowed: all, insecure, False
+update: all
+
+# configure dependency pinning globally
+# default: True
+# allowed: True, False
+pin: True
+
+# Specify requirement files by hand, pyup seems to struggle to 
+# find the ones in the project_slug folder
 requirements:
   - "requirements.txt"
   - "{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt"