diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64f343b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file registers ownership for the code.
+# Review from a member of the corresponding code owner is required to merge pull requests.
+#
+# The last matching pattern takes precedence.
+# https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
+
+* @nordeck/jitsi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 06b6aa0..94a2a3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ name: Java CI with Maven
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1cae8be..2c3287c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - '[0-9].x'
-      - '[0-9].[0-9]+.x'
 
 env:
   DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/nordeck/ovc-backend
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 198e3da..b62b2a6 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -5,25 +5,10 @@
   "plugins": [
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-    [
-      "@semantic-release/changelog",
-      {
-        "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md",
-        "changelogTitle": "# Changelog"
-      }
-    ],
     ["@semantic-release/exec", {
       "prepareCmd": "yq --inplace -p=xml -o=xml '.project += { \"version\" : \"${nextRelease.version}\" }' pom.xml ",
       "publishCmd": "echo RELEASE_VERSION=${nextRelease.version} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT"
     }],
-    [
-      "@semantic-release/git",
-      {
-        "assets": ["CHANGELOG.md", "pom.xml"],
-        "message":
-          "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} \n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
-      }
-    ],
     [
       "@semantic-release/github",
       {
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a0f4767..0000000
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Changelog
-
-## [1.1.1](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/compare/v1.1.0...v1.1.1) (2025-02-27)
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* update default value for basic-access-role ([1d4da2a](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/1d4da2ae479edc3f581727453d1dcc67043247ec))
-
-# [1.1.0](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/compare/v1.0.3...v1.1.0) (2025-02-27)
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* changesets create index andf fks only for postgres ([7c116f5](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/7c116f583d9266b33049daa7bc95a55f38142890))
-* configurable default access role component added ([89ac961](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/89ac961a79cbf4ed3b2127bf98aa82dd966f91ba))
-
-
-### Features
-
-* added started and started_ad columns to meeting ([7ce7597](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/7ce7597202b7264ce56da87e0e48d3d5653024ed))
-* ZO-191 - UUID and PIN should be different for each meeting ([6cdc316](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/6cdc3166abdbb78f9a8cc31a8df655217210193b))
-
-## [1.0.3](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3) (2025-02-25)
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* **ci:** fix maven build errors ([2d8eb76](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/2d8eb7664eca1218724e0ca4a0ee560098ca0840))
-
-## [1.0.2](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.2) (2025-02-25)
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* **ci:** replace token ([e3201ba](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/e3201ba905ddb617244ecbad87f7f153b4018413))
-
-## [1.0.1](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1) (2025-02-25)
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* **ci:** trim whitespace ([2749840](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/274984009c27159cac16cd586fc3b7663110072f))
-
-# 1.0.0 (2025-02-25)
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
-
-* **ci:** a minor change to test the release pipeline ([c952fc4](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/c952fc4cb67b3890cda38a2882528826c801e7cb))
-* **ci:** a minor change to test the release pipeline ([2bca1e0](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/2bca1e04f6f3f284f602c69ad2b7f4177eebbf42))
-* **ci:** switch to PACKAGE_TOKEN as secret ([83c36d8](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/83c36d82658acee9d3bac38d9685aebbf1108b02))
-* **ci:** switch to PACKAGE_TOKEN as secret ([362b01b](https://github.com/nordeck/ovc-backend/commit/362b01bf520a9aaec24691ddf3ee3954f0db2692))