diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0ee6e9aa58bf..4bd431d25a6d 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ exporter/zipkinexporter/                                                @open-te
 extension/asapauthextension/                                            @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @jamesmoessis @MovieStoreGuy
 extension/awsproxy/                                                     @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @Aneurysm9 @mxiamxia
 extension/basicauthextension/                                           @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @jpkrohling @svrakitin @frzifus
-extension/bearertokenauthextension/                                     @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @jpkrohling @pavankrish123 @frzifus
+extension/bearertokenauthextension/                                     @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @jpkrohling @frzifus
 extension/encoding/jaegerencodingextension/                             @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @MovieStoreGuy @atoulme
 extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension/                            @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @VihasMakwana @atoulme
 extension/encoding/textencodingextension/                               @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @MovieStoreGuy @atoulme
diff --git a/extension/bearertokenauthextension/README.md b/extension/bearertokenauthextension/README.md
index bf747a0fbfba..0454851fab9b 100644
--- a/extension/bearertokenauthextension/README.md
+++ b/extension/bearertokenauthextension/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 | Stability     | [beta]  |
 | Distributions | [contrib], [grafana], [observiq], [redhat], [sumo] |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aextension%2Fbearertokenauth%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aextension%2Fbearertokenauth) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aextension%2Fbearertokenauth%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aextension%2Fbearertokenauth) |
-| [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@jpkrohling](https://www.github.com/jpkrohling), [@pavankrish123](https://www.github.com/pavankrish123), [@frzifus](https://www.github.com/frzifus) |
+| [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@jpkrohling](https://www.github.com/jpkrohling), [@frzifus](https://www.github.com/frzifus) |
+| Emeritus      | [@pavankrish123](https://www.github.com/pavankrish123) |
 
 [beta]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#beta
 [contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
diff --git a/extension/bearertokenauthextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/bearertokenauthextension/metadata.yaml
index 039782fc787f..1d21f125da00 100644
--- a/extension/bearertokenauthextension/metadata.yaml
+++ b/extension/bearertokenauthextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ status:
   - redhat
   - sumo
   codeowners:
-    active: [jpkrohling, pavankrish123, frzifus]
+    active: [jpkrohling, frzifus]
+    emeritus: [pavankrish123]