diff --git a/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh b/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh
index a4526e9..1b172eb 100755
--- a/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh
+++ b/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ create_issue() {
 		-H "authorization: Basic $FORGEJO_TOKEN" \
 		-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 		-d "{
-			\"title\": \"$repo/$name: upgrade to $upstream_version\"
+			\"title\": \"$repo/$name: upgrade to $upstream_version\",
+			\"projects\": [
+				$PROJECT_NUMBER
+			]
 		}")
 
 	return 0
@@ -141,7 +144,10 @@ if [ -f not_in_anitya ]; then
 			-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 			-d "{
 				\"title\": \"Add missing $repo packages to anitya\",
-				\"body\": \"- [ ] $(sed '{:q;N;s/\n/\\n- [ ] /g;t q}' not_in_anitya)\"
+				\"body\": \"- [ ] $(sed '{:q;N;s/\n/\\n- [ ] /g;t q}' not_in_anitya)\",
+				\"projects\": [
+					$PROJECT_NUMBER
+				]
 			}")
 
 	else
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/check-ilot.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/check-ilot.yml
index a655d92..4e9ff34 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/check-ilot.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/check-ilot.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       downstream: https://forge.ilot.io/api/packages/ilot/alpine/v3.20/ilot
       FORGEJO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.forgejo_token }}
+      PROJECT_NUMBER: 2
     steps:
       - name: Environment setup
         run: apk add grep coreutils gawk curl wget bash nodejs git jq sed