diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 708073e..0a1e1a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ jobs:
       # Lint commit messages
       - name: lint commit message
         uses: wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v6
+      
+      # Commit repo.xml file
+      - name: Commit and Push
+        if: ${{ matrix.java-version == 17 && github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        uses: actions-x/commit@v6
+        with:
+          message: "fix(repo.xml): update [skip ci]"
 
   release:
     name: Release
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37fc885..7142e92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ build/*
 .existdb.json
 .DS_Store
 expath-pkg.xml
-repo.xml
 .vscode/
 .idea/
 node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/repo.xml b/repo.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..948e7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<meta xmlns="http://exist-db.org/xquery/repo" commit-id="0560ab6cc4935699a995723bb19d22d5a6bcff59" commit-time="1709263496">
+    <description>Carousel (data)</description>
+    <author>Office of the Historian</author>
+    <website>https://history.state.gov</website>
+    <status/>
+    <license/>
+    <copyright/>
+    <type>application</type>
+    <target>carousel</target>
+    <prepare>pre-install.xql</prepare>
+    <finish/>
+    <permissions password="" user="hsg" group="hsg" mode="rw-rw-r--"/>
+</meta>