diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index ac27451..e258398 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # - The latest matching rule, if multiple, takes precedence.
 
 # Global code owners
-* @cmichi @HCastano @athei @ascjones @agryaznov
+* @cmichi @athei @ascjones @agryaznov @SkymanOne
 
 # CI
-/.github/ @paritytech/ci @cmichi @ascjones @athei @agryaznov
-/scripts/ci/ @paritytech/ci @cmichi @ascjones @athei @agryaznov
-/.gitlab-ci.yml @paritytech/ci @cmichi @ascjones @athei @agryaznov
+/.github/ @paritytech/ci @cmichi @ascjones @athei @agryaznov @SkymanOne
+/scripts/ci/ @paritytech/ci @cmichi @ascjones @athei @agryaznov @SkymanOne
+/.gitlab-ci.yml @paritytech/ci @cmichi @ascjones @athei @agryaznov @SkymanOne
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6901e75..a874fdf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configured to include Substrate's [`pallet-contracts`](https://github.com/parity
 ‒ a smart contract module.
 
 This repository is tracking Substrate's
-[`polkadot-v0.9.43`](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/tree/polkadot-v0.9.43) branch.
+[`polkadot-v1.0.0`](https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/tree/polkadot-v1.0.0) branch.
 When new Polkadot releases come out we may update to those.
 
 _This repository contains a couple of modifications that make it unsuitable