diff --git a/templates/joomla/updates.xml.template b/templates/joomla/updates.xml.template
index 3c6ffb7..8e7fa4c 100644
--- a/templates/joomla/updates.xml.template
+++ b/templates/joomla/updates.xml.template
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
-<!--
-  Joomla Extension Update Server XML
-  See: https://docs.joomla.org/Deploying_an_Update_Server
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2026 Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ VERSION: {{VERSION}}
+ -->
 
-  This file is the update server manifest for {{EXTENSION_NAME}}.
-  The Joomla installer polls this URL to check for new versions.
-
-  The manifest.xml in this repository must reference BOTH update servers:
-    <updateservers>
-      <server type="extension" priority="1" name="{{EXTENSION_NAME}} Update Server (Gitea)">
-        https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting/{{REPO_NAME}}/raw/branch/main/updates.xml
-      </server>
-      <server type="extension" priority="2" name="{{EXTENSION_NAME}} Update Server (GitHub)">
-        https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mokoconsulting-tech/{{REPO_NAME}}/main/updates.xml
-      </server>
-    </updateservers>
-
-  When a new release is made, run `make release` or the release workflow to
-  prepend a new <update> entry to this file automatically.
--->
 <updates>
 	<update>
 		<name>{{EXTENSION_NAME}}</name>
diff --git a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
index ca9aaf6..b4457c9 100644
--- a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
+++ b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
@@ -349,7 +349,12 @@ jobs:
           # -- Write updates.xml with cascading channels
           # Stable release updates ALL channels (development, alpha, beta, rc, stable)
           {
-            printf '%s\n' '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'
+            printf '%s\n' "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>"
+            printf '%s\n' "<!-- Copyright (C) $(date +%Y) Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>"
+            printf '%s\n' " SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later"
+            printf '%s\n' " VERSION: ${VERSION}"
+            printf '%s\n' " -->"
+            printf '%s\n' ""
             printf '%s\n' '<updates>'
             build_entry "development"
             build_entry "alpha"
diff --git a/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template b/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
index 1afd7f3..f3e40dc 100644
--- a/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
+++ b/templates/workflows/joomla/update-server.yml.template
@@ -298,7 +298,12 @@ jobs:
           [ -z "$TARGETS" ] && TARGETS="${STABILITY}"
 
           if [ ! -f "updates.xml" ]; then
-            printf '%s\n' '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' > updates.xml
+            printf '%s\n' "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>" > updates.xml
+            printf '%s\n' "<!-- Copyright (C) $(date +%Y) Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>" >> updates.xml
+            printf '%s\n' " SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later" >> updates.xml
+            printf '%s\n' " VERSION: ${VERSION}" >> updates.xml
+            printf '%s\n' " -->" >> updates.xml
+            printf '%s\n' "" >> updates.xml
             printf '%s\n' '<updates>' >> updates.xml
             cat /tmp/new_entry.xml >> updates.xml
             printf '\n%s\n' '</updates>' >> updates.xml
@@ -329,7 +334,12 @@ jobs:
             if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
               # Fallback: rebuild keeping other stability entries
               {
-                printf '%s\n' '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'
+                printf '%s\n' "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>"
+                printf '%s\n' "<!-- Copyright (C) $(date +%Y) Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>"
+                printf '%s\n' " SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later"
+                printf '%s\n' " VERSION: ${VERSION}"
+                printf '%s\n' " -->"
+                printf '%s\n' ""
                 printf '%s\n' '<updates>'
                 for TAG in stable rc development; do
                   [ "$TAG" = "${STABILITY}" ] && continue