diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index a6ab4a8ba6..f74beb4c34 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-# 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.
-
-# https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/git+-+.asf.yaml+features
----
 github:
   description: "Apache CloudStack is an opensource Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform"
   homepage: https://cloudstack.apache.org/
@@ -52,8 +33,21 @@ github:
   collaborators:
     - abh1sar
 
-  protected_branches: ~
+  protected_branches:
 
+  rulesets:
+    - name: "Default Branch Protection"
+      type: branch
+      branches:
+        includes:
+          - "~DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+          - "release/*"
+          - "rel/*"
+        excludes: []
+      bypass_teams:
+        - root
+      restrict_deletion: true
+      restrict_force_push: true
 notifications:
   commits: commits@cloudstack.apache.org
   pullrequests: commits@cloudstack.apache.org