diff --git a/boilerplate/_data/last-boilerplate-commit b/boilerplate/_data/last-boilerplate-commit
index 53a31b14..db9c1a3d 100644
--- a/boilerplate/_data/last-boilerplate-commit
+++ b/boilerplate/_data/last-boilerplate-commit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d0a07945463759cf0e3489cb46737dae08d66713
+195c29d18279f69ea5b4e53ae9d90a795c27144a
diff --git a/boilerplate/openshift/golang-osd-e2e/.coderabbit.yaml b/boilerplate/openshift/golang-osd-e2e/.coderabbit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4fdc1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boilerplate/openshift/golang-osd-e2e/.coderabbit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+inheritance: true
+reviews:
+  path_filters:
+    # Boilerplate-managed: skip review of boilerplate changes
+    - "!boilerplate/**"
diff --git a/boilerplate/openshift/golang-osd-e2e/update b/boilerplate/openshift/golang-osd-e2e/update
index fbd86675..4e3a06aa 100755
--- a/boilerplate/openshift/golang-osd-e2e/update
+++ b/boilerplate/openshift/golang-osd-e2e/update
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ source $CONVENTION_ROOT/_lib/common.sh
 # Expect POST
 [[ "$1" == "POST" ]] || err "Got a parameter I don't understand: '$1'. Did the infrastructure change?"
 
+# Seed CodeRabbit configuration without overwriting repo customizations.
+if [[ ! -f "${REPO_ROOT}/.coderabbit.yaml" ]]; then
+	echo "Copying .coderabbit.yaml to your repository root."
+	cp "${HERE}/.coderabbit.yaml" "${REPO_ROOT}/.coderabbit.yaml"
+else
+	echo ".coderabbit.yaml already exists; leaving it unchanged."
+fi
+
 REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 OPERATOR_NAME=$(sed -n 's/.*OperatorName .*=.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "${REPO_ROOT}/config/config.go")
 GO_MODULE_PATH=$(awk '/^module / { print $2; exit }' "${REPO_ROOT}/go.mod")