diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 1dddc13..d217d73 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @peterzhuamazon @prudhvigodithi @jackson-theisen @phillbaker
\ No newline at end of file
+* @peterzhuamazon @prudhvigodithi @jackson-theisen @phillbaker @rblcoder
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index a6f7906..5f89240 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Prudhvi Godithi | [prudhvigodithi](https://github.com/prudhvigodithi)   | Amazon               |
 | jackson Theisen | [jackson-theisen](https://github.com/jackson-theisen) | External contributor  |
 | Phillip Baker   | [phillbaker](https://github.com/phillbaker)           | External contributor |
+| Rupa Lahiri   | [rblcoder](https://github.com/rblcoder)           | External contributor |