diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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-*   @abbashus @adnapibar @anasalkouz @andrross @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @dreamer-89 @gbbafna @kartg @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @peternied @reta @Rishikesh1159 @ryanbogan @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @setiah @shwetathareja @sohami @tlfeng @VachaShah
+/modules/transport-netty4/ @peternied
+
+/plugins/identity-shiro/ @peternied
+
+/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ @peternied
+/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/identity/ @peternied
+/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ @peternied
+/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/ @peternied
+
+/.github/ @peternied
+
+/MAINTAINERS.md @abbashus @adnapibar @anasalkouz @andrross @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @dreamer-89 @gbbafna @kartg @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @peternied @reta @Rishikesh1159 @ryanbogan @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @setiah @shwetathareja @sohami @tlfeng @VachaShah
+
+* @abbashus @adnapibar @anasalkouz @andrross @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @dreamer-89 @gbbafna @kartg @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @ryanbogan @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @setiah @shwetathareja @sohami @tlfeng @VachaShah
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