diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 4c7a53a..2381bf2 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-# contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/git+-+.asf.yaml+features
----
 github:
   description: "Apache Spark Connect for Rust"
   homepage: "https://spark.apache.org/"
@@ -39,6 +22,19 @@ github:
 
   autolink_jira: SPARK
 
+  rulesets:
+    - name: "Default Branch Protection"
+      type: branch
+      branches:
+        includes:
+          - "~DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+          - "release/*"
+          - "rel/*"
+        excludes: []
+      bypass_teams:
+        - root
+      restrict_deletion: true
+      restrict_force_push: true
 notifications:
   pullrequests: reviews@spark.apache.org
   issues: reviews@spark.apache.org