diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-to-project.yml b/.github/workflows/add-to-project.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ebc6a6c73f..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/add-to-project.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: Add to Project
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [ opened ]
-  pull_request_target:
-    types: [ opened ]
-
-jobs:
-  add-to-project:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Add issue
-        uses: actions/add-to-project@v0.5.0
-        with:
-          project-url: https://github.com/orgs/eclipse-edc/projects/3
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.ORGANIZATION_PROJECT }}
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diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 43521077cba..6cd7c4ff6ce 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/io.netty/netty-tcnative-classes/2.0.56.Final, Apache-2.0, app
 maven/mavencentral/io.netty/netty-transport-native-unix-common/4.1.86.Final, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT, approved, CQ20926
 maven/mavencentral/io.netty/netty-transport/4.1.86.Final, Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND MIT, approved, CQ20926
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry.instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11684
-maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry.proto/opentelemetry-proto/1.1.0-alpha, None, restricted, #12956
+maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry.proto/opentelemetry-proto/1.1.0-alpha, Apache-2.0, approved, #12956
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11682
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-context/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11683
 maven/mavencentral/io.prometheus/simpleclient/0.16.0, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined