diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0fc5fcc4b7..59dd7e74bc 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*       @rubenfiszel @github-actions
+*       @rubenfiszel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml
index 4a92a2ef00..3ff6daa367 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge-dependabot.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
         run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.RUBEN_PAT}}
       - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
         if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-patch' ||  steps.metadata.outputs.update-type == 'version-update:semver-minor'
         run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
         env:
           PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.RUBEN_PAT}}