diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-gpuci.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-gpuci.yaml
index 36912c1d8c..90c25c16a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-gpuci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-gpuci.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ env.UCX_PY_VER != env.NEW_UCX_PY_VER }}  # make sure new ucx-py nightlies are available
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          draft: true
+          draft: false
           commit-message: "Update gpuCI `RAPIDS_VER` to `${{ env.NEW_RAPIDS_VER }}`"
           title: "Update gpuCI `RAPIDS_VER` to `${{ env.NEW_RAPIDS_VER }}`"
           author: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 38c8a480a8..08ebf86238 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ distributed/widgets/*  @jacobtomlinson
 
 # GPU Support
 distributed/diagnostics/nvml.py  @jacobtomlinson @quasiben
+continuous_integration/gpuci/*  @jacobtomlinson @quasiben