diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index f6467c3..1b52029 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/repo-automation-bots/owlbot-nodejs:latest
-  digest: sha256:bbdd52de226c00df3356cdf25460397b429ab49552becca645adbc412f6a4ed5
+  digest: sha256:65aa68f2242c172345d7c1e780bced839bfdc344955d6aa460aa63b4481d93e5
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 84aa814..397a3ec 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 
 # The yoshi-nodejs team is the default owner for nodejs repositories.
 *     @googleapis/yoshi-nodejs @googleapis/cicd
+
+# The github automation team is the default owner for the auto-approve file.
+.github/auto-approve.yml @googleapis/github-automation
diff --git a/.github/auto-approve.yml b/.github/auto-approve.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9036979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/auto-approve.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+rules:
+- author: "release-please[bot]"
+  title: "^chore: release"
+  changedFiles:
+  - "package\\.json$"
+  - "CHANGELOG\\.md$"
+  maxFiles: 3
\ No newline at end of file