diff --git a/.github/quarkus-github-bot.yml b/.github/quarkus-github-bot.yml
index 53556b8e171dd..024cc71aa864e 100644
--- a/.github/quarkus-github-bot.yml
+++ b/.github/quarkus-github-bot.yml
@@ -45,13 +45,9 @@ triage:
       directories:
         - extensions/amazon-lambda
         - integration-tests/amazon-lambda
-    - id: persistence
-      labels: [area/persistence]
-      title: "persistence"
-      directories:
-        - extensions/jdbc/
     - id: db2
-      labels: [area/persistence]
+      # There's no label for DB2, and JDBC/reactive-clients are handled elsewhere.
+      labels: []
       title: "db2"
       notify: [mswatosh]
       directories:
@@ -109,7 +105,7 @@ triage:
         - devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/codestarts/
         - devtools/platform-descriptor-json/src/main/resources/templates/
     - id: hibernate-reactive
-      labels: [area/hibernate-reactive, area/persistence]
+      labels: [area/hibernate-reactive]
       title: "hibernate.reactive"
       expression: |
         matches("hibernate", title) && matches("reactive", title)
@@ -119,7 +115,7 @@ triage:
       directories:
         - extensions/hibernate-reactive
     - id: hibernate-orm
-      labels: [area/hibernate-orm, area/persistence]
+      labels: [area/hibernate-orm]
       expression: |
         matches("hibernate", title) && !matches("reactive", title)
         && !matches("hibernate.validator", title)
@@ -732,6 +728,12 @@ triage:
       labels: [area/devservices]
       title: "dev.?services?"
       notify: [stuartwdouglas, geoand]
+    - id: jdbc
+      labels: [area/jdbc]
+      title: "jdbc"
+      notify: [barreiro,yrodiere]
+      directories:
+        - extensions/jdbc/
     - id: reactive-sql-clients
       labels: [area/reactive-sql-clients]
       title: "(reactive sql|reactive pool|pgpool|mysqlpool|db2pool)"
diff --git a/.github/quarkus-github-lottery.yml b/.github/quarkus-github-lottery.yml
index 4fb5a9eeb635d..e54c3bb91faee 100644
--- a/.github/quarkus-github-lottery.yml
+++ b/.github/quarkus-github-lottery.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ participants:
       days: ["MONDAY", "TUESDAY", "WEDNESDAY", "THURSDAY", "FRIDAY"]
       maxIssues: 3
     maintenance:
-      labels: ["area/hibernate-orm", "area/hibernate-search", "area/elasticsearch"]
+      labels: ["area/hibernate-orm", "area/hibernate-search", "area/elasticsearch", "area/jdbc"]
       days: ["WEDNESDAY"]
       feedback:
         needed: