diff --git a/.github/lockdown.yml b/.github/lockdown.yml
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--- a/.github/lockdown.yml
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-# Configuration for Repo Lockdown - https://github.com/dessant/repo-lockdown
-
-# Close issues and pull requests
-close: true
-
-# Lock issues and pull requests
-lock: true
-
-issues:
-  comment: |
-    Thank you for your interest in the QEMU project.
-
-    This repository is a read-only mirror of the project's repostories hosted
-    at https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu.git.
-    The project does not process issues filed on GitHub.
-
-    The project issues are tracked on GitLab:
-    https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues
-
-    QEMU welcomes bug report contributions. You can file new ones on:
-    https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/new
-
-pulls:
-  comment: |
-    Thank you for your interest in the QEMU project.
-
-    This repository is a read-only mirror of the project's repostories hosted
-    on https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu.git.
-    The project does not process merge requests filed on GitHub.
-
-    QEMU welcomes contributions of code (either fixing bugs or adding new
-    functionality). However, we get a lot of patches, and so we have some
-    guidelines about contributing on the project website:
-    https://www.qemu.org/contribute/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lockdown.yml b/.github/workflows/lockdown.yml
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+# Configuration for Repo Lockdown - https://github.com/dessant/repo-lockdown
+
+name: 'Repo Lockdown'
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: opened
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  action:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: dessant/repo-lockdown@v2
+        with:
+          pull-comment: |
+            Thank you for your interest in the QEMU project.
+
+            This repository is a read-only mirror of the project's repostories hosted
+            on https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu.git.
+            The project does not process merge requests filed on GitHub.
+
+            QEMU welcomes contributions of code (either fixing bugs or adding new
+            functionality). However, we get a lot of patches, and so we have some
+            guidelines about contributing on the project website:
+            https://www.qemu.org/contribute/
+          lock-pull: true
+          close-pull: true