diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index b6d5905f4a..e1e9d8f1eb 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
-*   @sb2k16 @chenqi0805 @engechas @graytaylor0 @dinujoh @kkondaka @KarstenSchnitter @dlvenable @oeyh
\ No newline at end of file
+*   @sb2k16 @chenqi0805 @engechas @san81 @graytaylor0 @dinujoh @kkondaka @KarstenSchnitter @dlvenable @oeyh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index d52c15f225..51a68597ba 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Souvik Bose          | [sb2k16](https://github.com/sb2k16)               | Amazon      |
 | Qi Chen              | [chenqi0805](https://github.com/chenqi0805)               | Amazon      |
 | Chase Engelbrecht    | [engechas](https://github.com/engechas)                   | Amazon      |
+| Santhosh Gandhe      | [san81](https://github.com/san81)             | Amazon      |
 | Taylor Gray          | [graytaylor0](https://github.com/graytaylor0)             | Amazon      |
 | Dinu John            | [dinujoh](https://github.com/dinujoh)                     | Amazon      |
 | Krishna Kondaka      | [kkondaka](https://github.com/kkondaka)                   | Amazon      |