diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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-*   @ananzh @kavilla @AMoo-Miki @ashwin-pc @joshuarrrr @abbyhu2000 @zengyan-amazon @zhongnansu @manasvinibs @ZilongX @Flyingliuhub @curq @bandinib-amzn @SuZhou-Joe @ruanyl @BionIT @xinruiba @zhyuanqi
+*   @ananzh @kavilla @AMoo-Miki @ashwin-pc @joshuarrrr @abbyhu2000 @zengyan-amazon @zhongnansu @manasvinibs @ZilongX @Flyingliuhub @curq @bandinib-amzn @SuZhou-Joe @ruanyl @BionIT @xinruiba @zhyuanqi @mengweieric
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
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 | Lu Yu                     | [BionIT](https://github.com/BionIT)                 | Amazon      |
 | Xinrui Bai                | [xinruiba](https://github.com/xinruiba)             | Amazon      |
 | Ella Zhu                  | [zhyuanqi](https://github.com/zhyuanqi)             | Amazon      |
+| Eric Wei                  | [mengweieric](https://github.com/mengweieric)       | Amazon      |
 
 ## Emeritus
 
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+doc:
+- Add mengweieric as maintainer ([#6798](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/6798))
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