diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 2e63dfa5..cc7226a4 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This should match the owning team set up in https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/teams
-*   @joshpalis @saratvemulapalli @dbwiddis @kaituo @vibrantvarun
+*   @joshpalis @saratvemulapalli @dbwiddis @kaituo @vibrantvarun @cwperks
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 9315d3d0..d1bd74d5 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Dan Widdis        | [dbwiddis](https://github.com/dbwiddis)                 | Amazon      |
 | Kaituo Li         | [kaituo](https://github.com/kaituo)                     | Amazon      |
 | Varun Jain        | [vibrantvarun](https://github.com/vibrantvarun)         | Amazon      |
+| Craig Perkins     | [cwperks](https://github.com/cwperks)                   | Amazon      |
 
 ## Emeritus Maintainers