Sili focused on aligning the confluentinc/kafka-rest and confluentinc/rest-utils repositories with the deprecation of ZooKeeper for the Confluent Platform 8.0.x release. By managing documentation and license files, Sili removed outdated ZooKeeper notices and references, ensuring that release notes and compliance documentation accurately reflected the current dependency status. This work involved careful coordination across repositories to standardize deprecation messaging and maintain license hygiene, using skills in documentation management and release management. The updates streamlined packaging and reduced compliance risk, supporting a clean release process. Sili’s contributions demonstrated attention to detail and a methodical approach to release readiness and license management.