diff --git a/project.config b/project.config
index 8174804..57f4edf 100644
--- a/project.config
+++ b/project.config
@@ -50,19 +50,11 @@
 	createTag = group ts-maintainers
 	createSignedTag = group ts-maintainers
 
-[access "refs/heads/topics/*"]
-	abandon = group ts-devs
-	forgeAuthor = group ts-devs
-	forgeCommitter = group ts-devs
-	push = group ts-devs
-	pushMerge = group ts-devs
-	create = group ts-devs
-
 [access "refs/for/refs/heads/*"]
 	forgeAuthor = group ts-devs
 	forgeCommitter = group ts-devs
 
-[access "refs/for/refs/heads/topics/*"]
+[access "^refs(/for/refs)?/heads/topics/.*"]
 	abandon = group ts-devs
 	forgeAuthor = group ts-devs
 	forgeCommitter = group ts-devs