diff --git a/dao-contracts/contracts/Languages.sol b/dao-contracts/contracts/Languages.sol
index 2ee1a2b..2f66c45 100644
--- a/dao-contracts/contracts/Languages.sol
+++ b/dao-contracts/contracts/Languages.sol
@@ -5,15 +5,35 @@ import { ILanguages } from "@elimu-ai/dao-contracts/ILanguages.sol";
 
 /// @notice This smart contract stores the languages currently supported by the Ξlimu DAO (see https://github.com/elimu-ai/model).
 contract Languages is ILanguages {
+    address public owner;
+
     /// @notice The ISO 639-2 language code of each language, in upper-case letters. E.g. "ENG" for English.
     mapping(string => bool) private languageCodes;
 
+    event OwnerUpdated(address);
+    event LanguageCodeAdded(string);
+    event LanguageCodeRemoved(string);
+
+    constructor() {
+        owner = msg.sender;
+    }
+
+    function updateOwner(address owner_) public {
+        require(msg.sender == owner, "Only the current owner can set a new owner");
+        owner = owner_;
+        emit OwnerUpdated(owner_);
+    }
+
     function addSupportedLanguage(string calldata languageCode) external {
+        require(msg.sender == owner, "Only the current owner can add a language");
         languageCodes[languageCode] = true;
+        emit LanguageCodeAdded(languageCode);
     }
 
     function removeSupportedLanguage(string calldata languageCode) external {
+         require(msg.sender == owner, "Only the current owner can remove a language");
         languageCodes[languageCode] = false;
+        emit LanguageCodeRemoved(languageCode);
     }
 
     function isSupportedLanguage(string calldata languageCode) external view returns (bool) {
diff --git a/dao-contracts/hardhat-gas-report.md b/dao-contracts/hardhat-gas-report.md
index 8c62234..07d29fd 100644
--- a/dao-contracts/hardhat-gas-report.md
+++ b/dao-contracts/hardhat-gas-report.md
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
 |  Languages                    ·                                                                                   │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
-|      addSupportedLanguage     ·              -  ·            -  ·         44,216  ·             3  ·           -  │
+|      addSupportedLanguage     ·              -  ·            -  ·         48,062  ·             3  ·           -  │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
-|      removeSupportedLanguage  ·              -  ·            -  ·         22,338  ·             1  ·           -  │
+|      removeSupportedLanguage  ·              -  ·            -  ·         26,228  ·             1  ·           -  │
+································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
+|      updateOwner              ·              -  ·            -  ·         27,983  ·             1  ·           -  │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
 |  Lock                         ·                                                                                   │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
@@ -23,9 +25,9 @@
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
 |  Deployments                                    ·                                 ·  % of limit    ·              │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
-|  DummyERC20                   ·        558,532  ·      558,676  ·        558,604  ·         1.9 %  ·           -  │
+|  DummyERC20                   ·        558,540  ·      558,684  ·        558,612  ·         1.9 %  ·           -  │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
-|  Languages                    ·              -  ·            -  ·        151,721  ·         0.5 %  ·           -  │
+|  Languages                    ·              -  ·            -  ·        332,730  ·         1.1 %  ·           -  │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
 |  Lock                         ·              -  ·            -  ·        204,541  ·         0.7 %  ·           -  │
 ································|·················|···············|·················|················|···············
diff --git a/dao-contracts/test/Languages.ts b/dao-contracts/test/Languages.ts
index bcc196b..9869f74 100644
--- a/dao-contracts/test/Languages.ts
+++ b/dao-contracts/test/Languages.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ describe("Languages", function () {
   }
 
   describe("Deployment", function () {
+    it("Should set the right owner", async function () {
+      const { languages, owner } = await loadFixture(deployFixture);
+
+      expect(await languages.owner()).to.equal(owner.address);
+    });
+
     it("Should not set any supported languages", async function () {
       const { languages } = await loadFixture(deployFixture);
 
@@ -30,6 +36,16 @@ describe("Languages", function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("Update owner address", function () {
+    it("Should change the owner", async function () {
+      const { languages, owner, otherAccount } = await loadFixture(deployFixture);
+
+      expect(await languages.owner()).to.equal(owner.address);
+      await languages.updateOwner(otherAccount.address);
+      expect(await languages.owner()).to.equal(otherAccount.address);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("Add supported language", function () {
     it("Newly set supported language should return `true`", async function () {
       const { languages } = await loadFixture(deployFixture);