From f258b2b26ddb9eed19b088b89b938e835b96af69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJ Fanning <pjfanning@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:54:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add protected branch for version 5.5.x

---
 .asf.yaml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 1a86da9ed9..682852f361 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ github:
 
   protected_branches:
     trunk: {}
+    5.5.x: {}
 
 notifications:
   commits:              commits@poi.apache.org