diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ac1ac7187c..32de7c7022 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-* @PaperMC/core-team
+* @PaperMC/core-team @PaperMC/maintainers
+/.github/CODEOWNERS @PaperMC/core-team