diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index fa9677e..2f15bd6 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -3,23 +3,12 @@
 #
 # Order is important: the last matching pattern has the highest precedence
 
-# These owners will be the default owners for everything
-*             @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering @cloudposse-terraform-components/contributors
-
 # Cloud Posse must review any changes to Makefiles
 **/Makefile   @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering
 **/Makefile.* @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering
 
-# Cloud Posse must review any changes to GitHub actions
-.github/*     @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering
-
-# Cloud Posse must review any changes to standard context definition,
-# but some changes can be rubber-stamped.
-**/*.tf       @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering @cloudposse-terraform-components/contributors @cloudposse-terraform-components/approvers
-README.yaml   @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering @cloudposse-terraform-components/contributors @cloudposse-terraform-components/approvers
-README.md     @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering @cloudposse-terraform-components/contributors @cloudposse-terraform-components/approvers
-docs/*.md     @cloudposse-terraform-components/engineering @cloudposse-terraform-components/contributors @cloudposse-terraform-components/approvers
 
-# Cloud Posse Admins must review all changes to CODEOWNERS or the mergify configuration
+# Cloud Posse Admins must review all changes to CODEOWNERS, github configuration or the mergify configuration
+.github/*           @cloudposse-terraform-components/admins
 .github/mergify.yml @cloudposse-terraform-components/admins
 .github/CODEOWNERS  @cloudposse-terraform-components/admins
diff --git a/.github/settings.yml b/.github/settings.yml
index fb2d94c..1005e79 100644
--- a/.github/settings.yml
+++ b/.github/settings.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ repository:
   description: This component is responsible for provisioning ElastiCache Redis clusters
   homepage: https://cloudposse.com/accelerate
   topics: terraform, terraform-component
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8d5f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: auto merge
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      pr_number:
+        description: 'PR number'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+  id-token: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  automerge:
+    uses: cloudposse-terraform-components/.github/.github/workflows/shared-auto-merge.yml@main
+    with:
+      pr_number: ${{ inputs.pr_number }}
+    secrets: inherit