diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 8027f675..30ca4423 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @michaeljguarino @DavidSpek @zreigz
+* @michaeljguarino @zreigz @floreks @maciaszczykm
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d5848522..063eeba3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.10 as user
 # Create a nonroot user for final image
 RUN useradd -u 10001 nonroot
 
-FROM golang:1.20-alpine3.17 AS builder
+FROM golang:1.22-alpine3.19 AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
diff --git a/pkg/pr/updates.go b/pkg/pr/updates.go
index c1963af2..3702d817 100644
--- a/pkg/pr/updates.go
+++ b/pkg/pr/updates.go
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func applyUpdates(updates *UpdateSpec, ctx map[string]interface{}) error {
+	if updates == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	replacement, err := templateReplacement([]byte(updates.ReplaceTemplate), ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err