diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_playwright_version.yaml b/.github/workflows/update_playwright_version.yaml
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+name: Update Playwright version
+
+on:
+  # Runs when manually triggered from the GitHub UI.
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  # Runs every day at 04:00 UTC.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 4 * * *'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: update-playwright-version
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  BRANCH_NAME: ci/update-playwright-version
+
+jobs:
+  update-playwright-version:
+    name: Update Playwright version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: Update Playwright version
+        run: python src/crawlee/project_template/update_playwright_version.py
+
+      - name: Detect changes
+        id: changes
+        run: |
+          if git diff --quiet; then
+            echo "has-changes=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "has-changes=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Reset existing branch
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.has-changes == 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # If a PR already exists for this branch, disable auto-merge before we recreate the
+          # branch so the old commit can't be merged.
+          PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --base master --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')
+          if [ -n "$PR_NUMBER" ]; then
+            gh pr merge "$PR_NUMBER" --disable-auto || true
+          fi
+
+          # Delete the remote branch if it exists. The signed-commit step below recreates it from
+          # the current HEAD (origin/master).
+          if git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -q "$BRANCH_NAME"; then
+            echo "Deleting existing remote branch $BRANCH_NAME"
+            git push origin --delete "$BRANCH_NAME"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Commit and push changes
+        id: commit-and-push
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.has-changes == 'true'
+        uses: apify/actions/signed-commit@v1.3.0
+        with:
+          message: 'chore: update Playwright version in project template'
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
+          create-branch: 'true'
+
+      - name: Create or update Pull Request
+        if: steps.commit-and-push.outputs.committed == 'true'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.APIFY_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          PR_BODY="Automated bump of the Playwright version pinned by the project template Dockerfile.
+
+          > Generated by the [Update Playwright version](https://github.com/apify/crawlee-python/actions/workflows/update_playwright_version.yaml) workflow."
+
+          PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --base master --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')
+          if [ -z "$PR_NUMBER" ]; then
+            echo "Creating new PR"
+            gh pr create \
+              --title "chore: update Playwright version in project template" \
+              --body "$PR_BODY" \
+              --base master \
+              --head "$BRANCH_NAME"
+            PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --base master --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')
+          else
+            echo "PR #$PR_NUMBER already exists for branch $BRANCH_NAME, updating it"
+            gh pr edit "$PR_NUMBER" --body "$PR_BODY"
+          fi
+
+          # Enable auto-merge so the PR merges automatically once CI passes. If CI fails, the PR
+          # stays open for manual review.
+          echo "Enabling auto-merge for PR #$PR_NUMBER"
+          gh pr merge "$PR_NUMBER" --auto --squash --delete-branch \
+            || echo "::warning::Failed to enable auto-merge. The PR remains open for manual review."
diff --git a/src/crawlee/project_template/update_playwright_version.py b/src/crawlee/project_template/update_playwright_version.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Bump the Playwright version pinned by the project template's Dockerfile.
+
+The template Dockerfile pins a single Playwright version (a Jinja ``# % set playwright_version
+= '...'`` line) that selects the Apify base image tag and the in-image ``playwright==<version>``
+pin. A version is only safe to pin once Apify has published the matching base image, so the
+Apify Playwright base image's Docker Hub tags are the source of truth: this picks the highest
+stable ``<python>-<semver>`` tag for the Python version the template already uses, and rewrites
+the pinned version line if it is newer. The Python version itself is never changed.
+
+Single-purpose: run with no arguments. It lives next to the Dockerfile it maintains and
+resolves that path relative to itself, so it can be run from anywhere in the repository.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import re
+import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
+
+DOCKERFILE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/Dockerfile'
+TAGS_URL = 'https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/apify/actor-python-playwright/tags?page_size=100'
+
+# The pinned version line, e.g. ``# % set playwright_version = '1.60.0'``.
+VERSION_LINE = re.compile(r"(# % set playwright_version = ')([^']+)(')")
+# The Python part of the base image tag, e.g. the ``3.13`` in ``...:3.13-1.60.0``.
+PYTHON_PREFIX = re.compile(r'python-playwright[a-z-]*:(\d+\.\d+)-')
+
+
+def fetch_tags() -> list[str]:
+    """Return all tag names of the Apify Playwright base image, following pagination."""
+    tags: list[str] = []
+    url: str | None = TAGS_URL
+    while url:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=30) as response:  # noqa: S310
+            payload = json.load(response)
+        tags.extend(result['name'] for result in payload['results'])
+        url = payload['next']
+    return tags
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    content = DOCKERFILE.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+
+    version_match = VERSION_LINE.search(content)
+    if not version_match:
+        raise SystemExit(f'Pinned Playwright version line not found in {DOCKERFILE}.')
+    current = version_match.group(2)
+
+    python_match = PYTHON_PREFIX.search(content)
+    if not python_match:
+        raise SystemExit(f'Python base image prefix not found in {DOCKERFILE}.')
+    python_prefix = python_match.group(1)
+    # Keep only stable `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` versions built for the template's current Python line.
+    tag_re = re.compile(rf'^{re.escape(python_prefix)}-(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$')
+    versions = [tuple(int(p) for p in m.group(1).split('.')) for tag in fetch_tags() if (m := tag_re.match(tag))]
+    if not versions:
+        raise SystemExit(f'No stable {python_prefix}-<version> base image tags found.')
+
+    latest = max(versions)
+    latest_str = '.'.join(str(part) for part in latest)
+    if latest > tuple(int(part) for part in current.split('.')):
+        DOCKERFILE.write_text(VERSION_LINE.sub(rf'\g<1>{latest_str}\g<3>', content), encoding='utf-8')
+        print(f'Bumped Playwright version: {current} -> {latest_str}')
+    else:
+        print(f'Playwright version is already up to date ({current}).')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()