diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index b727cf548..98c681e36 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-# This should match the owning team set up in https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/teams
-*   @opensearch-project/security-analytics
+*   @amsiglan @awshurneyt @getsaurabh02 @lezzago @praveensameneni @sbcd90 @eirsep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bf1986a0..000000000
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-@amsiglan
-@awshurneyt
-@getsaurabh02
-@lezzago
-@praveensameneni
-@sbcd90
-@eirsep