diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index c701eeec8c..14874b4723 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,36 @@
-github:
-  enabled_merge_buttons:
-    squash:  false
-    merge:   false
-    rebase:  true
+# 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
+#
+#   http://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.
 
 notifications:
+  commits:      commits@cassandra.apache.org
+  issues:       commits@cassandra.apache.org
+  pullrequests: pr@cassandra.apache.org
   jira_options: link worklog
+
+github:
+  description: "Apache Cassandra®"
+  homepage: https://cassandra.apache.org/
+  enabled_merge_buttons:
+    squash: false
+    merge: false
+    rebase: true
+  features:
+    wiki: false
+    issues: false
+    projects: false
+  autolink_jira:
+    - CASSANDRA
diff --git a/.build/build-rat.xml b/.build/build-rat.xml
index 27e8f63ae4..fea028363c 100644
--- a/.build/build-rat.xml
+++ b/.build/build-rat.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         <rat:report reportFile="${build.dir}/rat.txt">
             <fileset dir="." includesfile="${build.dir}/.ratinclude">
                  <!-- Config files with not much creativity -->
-                 <exclude name=".asf.yaml"/>
                  <exclude name="**/cassandra*.yaml"/>
                  <exclude NAME="doc/antora.yml"/>
                  <exclude name="ide/**/*"/>