diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index be73eb0f..4aa497b6 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This should match the owning team set up in https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/teams @opensearch-project/common-utils
-* @lezzago @qreshi @bowenlan-amzn @rishabhmaurya @getsaurabh02 @eirsep @sbcd90 @AWSHurneyt @engechas
+* @lezzago @qreshi @bowenlan-amzn @rishabhmaurya @getsaurabh02 @eirsep @sbcd90 @AWSHurneyt @engechas @riysaxen-amzn
 
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 92711e68..7f3b5af9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Subhobrata Dey        | [sbcd90](https://github.com/sbcd90)               | Amazon      |
 | Thomas Hurney         | [AWSHurneyt](https://github.com/AWSHurneyt)       | Amazon      |
 | Chase Engelbrecht     | [engechas](https://github.com/engechas)           | Amazon      |
+| Riya Saxena           | [riysaxen-amzn](https://github.com/riysaxen-amzn) | Amazon      |
 
 ## Emeritus