diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2279f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* @CISCODE-MA/devops
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
index b3ef1a8..1fced6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      statuses: write
     # Config stays in the workflow file (token stays in repo secrets)
     env:
       SONAR_HOST_URL: 'https://sonarcloud.io'
@@ -72,3 +73,17 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ env.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
+
+      - name: Report CI status
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            await github.rest.repos.createCommitStatus({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              sha: context.sha,
+              state: '${{ job.status }}' === 'success' ? 'success' : 'failure',
+              context: 'CI - Release Check',
+              description: 'CI checks completed'
+            })
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c5e7e4e..e79aa74 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@ciscode/ui-notification-kit",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@ciscode/ui-notification-kit",
-      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "version": "0.0.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.9.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16a7c92..e117844 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ciscode/ui-notification-kit",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "A React component library for building notification systems.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "CISCODE",