diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# see https://s.apache.org/asfyaml
+github:
+  features:
+    issues: true
+    projects: true
+  # deployment environments to delay releasing until the necessary steps have completed
+  environments:
+    release:
+      required_reviewers:
+        - id: grails-committers
+          type: Team
+        - id: jdaugherty
+          type: User
+      wait_timer: 0
+  description: "Apache Grails (incubating) - GitHub Actions"
+  homepage: https://grails.apache.org/
+  labels:
+    - github-actions
+    - github
+    - apache
+notifications:
+  commits: commits@grails.apache.org
+  jobs: notifications@grails.apache.org
+  pullrequests_status: notifications@grails.apache.org
+  pullrequests_comment: notifications@grails.apache.org
+  pullrequests_bot_dependabot: notifications@grails.apache.org
+  issues: notifications@grails.apache.org
+  issues_status: notifications@grails.apache.org
+  issues_comment: notifications@grails.apache.org
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/" 
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directories:
+      - "/deploy-github-pages"
+      - "/export-gradle-properties"
+      - "/post-release"
+      - "/pre-release"
+      - "/release-notes" 
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"