diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d71cbca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Global code owners including the original authors who 
+# are actively taking a role in maintaining this project. 
+*   @gaukas @erikziyunchi
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diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index c1c3757..4486e68 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ updates:
   - dependency-name: wasmtime
   - dependency-name: wasmtime-wasi
   - dependency-name: wasi-common
-  - dependency-name: cap-std
\ No newline at end of file
+  - dependency-name: cap-std
+  - dependency-name: wasmtime-wasi-threads
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/water/Cargo.toml b/crates/water/Cargo.toml
index a58af5f..4a4644d 100644
--- a/crates/water/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/water/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
 wasmtime = "17.0.0"
 wasmtime-wasi = "17.0.0"
 wasi-common = "17.0.0"
-wasmtime-wasi-threads = "17.0.0"
+wasmtime-wasi-threads = "17.0.0" # haven't started to use wasi-threads
 futures = "0.3"
 cap-std = "2.0.0"
 libc = "0.2.147"