diff --git a/config/kubernetes-sigs/org.yaml b/config/kubernetes-sigs/org.yaml
index c6d37d8742..bab3b9b9ac 100644
--- a/config/kubernetes-sigs/org.yaml
+++ b/config/kubernetes-sigs/org.yaml
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ members:
 - girikuncoro
 - giuseppe
 - gjkim42
+- gjtempleton
 - gkarthiks
 - gnoam
 - gnufied
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ members:
 - m00nf1sh
 - macaptain
 - maciaszczykm
+- maciekpytel
 - Madhan-SWE
 - Madhur97
 - maelvls
diff --git a/config/kubernetes-sigs/sig-autoscaling/OWNERS b/config/kubernetes-sigs/sig-autoscaling/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a70bb4cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/kubernetes-sigs/sig-autoscaling/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
+
+reviewers:
+  - sig-autoscaling-leads
+approvers:
+  - sig-autoscaling-leads
+labels:
+  - sig/autoscaling
diff --git a/config/kubernetes-sigs/sig-autoscaling/teams.yaml b/config/kubernetes-sigs/sig-autoscaling/teams.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1529663fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/kubernetes-sigs/sig-autoscaling/teams.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+teams:
+  karpenter-admins:
+    description: admin access to the karpenter repo
+    members:
+    - bwagner5
+    - ellistarn
+    - gjtempleton
+    - jonathan-innis
+    - MaciekPytel
+    - mwielgus
+    - njtran
+    - tzneal
+    privacy: closed
+    repos:
+      karpenter: admin
+  karpenter-maintainers:
+    description: write access to the karpenter repo
+    members:
+    - bwagner5
+    - ellistarn
+    - gjtempleton
+    - jonathan-innis
+    - MaciekPytel
+    - mwielgus
+    - njtran
+    - tzneal
+    privacy: closed
+    repos:
+      karpenter: write
+  karpenter-reviewers:
+    description: read access to the karpenter repo
+    members:
+    - engedaam
+    - jackfrancis
+    - jmdeal      
+    - tallaxes
+    privacy: closed
+    repos:
+      karpenter: read
+  sig-autoscaling-leads:
+    description: "leads of the SIG Autoscaling"
+    members:
+    - gjtempleton
+    - mwielgus
+    privacy: closed
diff --git a/config/restrictions.yaml b/config/restrictions.yaml
index 9981a071ef..93633481f6 100644
--- a/config/restrictions.yaml
+++ b/config/restrictions.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ restrictions:
     - "^pspmigrator"
     - "^secrets-store-csi-driver"
     - "^sig-auth-tools"
+  - path: "kubernetes-sigs/sig-autoscaling/teams.yaml"
+    allowedRepos:
+    - "^karpenter"
   - path: "kubernetes-sigs/sig-aws/teams.yaml"
     allowedRepos:
     - "^aws-ebs-csi-driver"