diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/notice.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/notice.yml
index f75640e0258c3..f90f63deb325e 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/notice.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/notice.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 name: "❗ Notice"
-description: Post a notice for a high impact issue
+description: Post a notice for a high impact issue. Internal CDK team use only.
 title: "❗ NOTICE (module name): (short notice description)"
-labels: [p0, management/tracking]
+labels: [needs-triage, management/tracking]
 body:
   - type: dropdown
     attributes:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/region.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/region.yml
index 0e6ed816993f4..8ef3aa3ca8835 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/region.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/region.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: New Region
-description: Register a new region.
+description: Register a new region. Internal CDK team use only.
 title: "Register new region: [region]"
-labels: ["@aws-cdk/region-info", "feature-request", "p1", "effort/medium"]
+labels: ["@aws-cdk/region-info", "feature-request", needs-triage, "effort/medium"]
 body:
   - type: input
     id: ROUTE_53_BUCKET_WEBSITE_ZONE_IDS
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tracking.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tracking.yml
index 0ecfc903b002c..798be3162f769 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tracking.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tracking.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Tracking Issue
-description: Add a module tracking issue (internal use only)
+description: Add a module tracking issue. Internal CDK team use only.
 title: "Tracking: [service]"
-labels: [management/tracking]
+labels: [needs-triage, management/tracking]
 body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes: