diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1bbd38debbf0f..5bd1388e7df81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -63,3 +63,6 @@ report.asciidoc
 
 # TS incremental build cache
 *.tsbuildinfo
+
+# Ignore code owners to avoid pings on backports
+.github/CODEOWNERS