diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d35001037b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+    "template": "https://github.com/scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
+    "commit": "d383d94fadff9e4e6fdb59d77c68cb900d7cedec",
+    "checkout": "v0.6.0",
+    "context": {
+        "cookiecutter": {
+            "project_name": "scanpy",
+            "package_name": "scanpy",
+            "project_description": "Single-Cell Analysis in Python.",
+            "author_full_name": "Philipp Angerer",
+            "author_email": "philipp.angerer@helmholtz-munich.de",
+            "github_user": "scverse",
+            "github_repo": "scanpy",
+            "license": "BSD 3-Clause License",
+            "ide_integration": true,
+            "_copy_without_render": [
+                ".github/workflows/build.yaml",
+                ".github/workflows/test.yaml",
+                "docs/_templates/autosummary/**.rst"
+            ],
+            "_exclude_on_template_update": [
+                "CHANGELOG.md",
+                "LICENSE",
+                "README.md",
+                "docs/api.md",
+                "docs/index.md",
+                "docs/notebooks/example.ipynb",
+                "docs/references.bib",
+                "docs/references.md",
+                "src/**",
+                "tests/**"
+            ],
+            "_render_devdocs": false,
+            "_jinja2_env_vars": {
+                "lstrip_blocks": true,
+                "trim_blocks": true
+            },
+            "_template": "https://github.com/scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
+            "_commit": "d383d94fadff9e4e6fdb59d77c68cb900d7cedec"
+        }
+    },
+    "directory": null
+}
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/3896.docs.md b/docs/release-notes/3896.docs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22a063009e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/3896.docs.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add cruft config & update authors {smaller}`zethson`
diff --git a/notebooks b/notebooks
index 8d9c069465..33dcb2d93b 160000
--- a/notebooks
+++ b/notebooks
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8d9c069465ed8badd5cd9dfc811da350205f190e
+Subproject commit 33dcb2d93b4686f313019f52705d5c752b37fc4e
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8d7f960409..df8be537e3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,17 +14,21 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Isaac Virshup" },
     { name = "Sergei Rybakov" },
     { name = "Gokcen Eraslan" },
+    { name = "Ilan Gold" },
     { name = "Tom White" },
     { name = "Malte Luecken" },
     { name = "Davide Cittaro" },
     { name = "Tobias Callies" },
     { name = "Marius Lange" },
     { name = "Andrés R. Muñoz-Rojas" },
+    { name = "Giovanni Palla" },
+    { name = "Adam Gayoso" },
+    { name = "Lukas Heumos" },
 ]
 maintainers = [
-    { name = "Philipp Angerer", email = "phil.angerer@gmail.com" },
+    { name = "Philipp Angerer", email = "phil.angerer@helmholtz-munich.de" },
     { name = "Ilan Gold", email = "ilan.gold@helmholtz-munich.de" },
-    { name = "Severin Dicks" },
+    { name = "Severin Dicks", email = "severin.dicks@scverse.org" },
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [