diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index f7c8c86..e250994 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This should match the owning team set up in https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/teams
-*   @pjfitzgibbons @ps48 @kavithacm @derek-ho @joshuali925 @dai-chen @YANG-DB @rupal-bq @mengweieric @vamsi-amazon @swiddis @penghuo @seankao-az @MaxKsyunz @Yury-Fridlyand @anirudha @forestmvey @acarbonetto @GumpacG
+*   @pjfitzgibbons @ps48 @kavithacm @derek-ho @joshuali925 @dai-chen @YANG-DB @rupal-bq @mengweieric @vamsi-amazon @swiddis @penghuo @seankao-az @Yury-Fridlyand @anirudha @forestmvey @acarbonetto @GumpacG
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 0f32b9b..4438b56 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Peng Huo          | [penghuo](https://github.com/penghuo)               | Amazon      |
 | Sean Kao          | [seankao-az](https://github.com/seankao-az)         | Amazon      |
 | Anirudha Jadhav   | [anirudha](https://github.com/anirudha)             | Amazon      |
-| Max Ksyunz        | [MaxKsyunz](https://github.com/MaxKsyunz)           | Improving   |
 | Yury Fridlyand    | [Yury-Fridlyand](https://github.com/Yury-Fridlyand) | Improving   |
 | Andrew Carbonetto | [acarbonetto](https://github.com/acarbonetto)       | Improving   |
 | Forest Vey        | [forestmvey](https://github.com/forestmvey)         | Improving   |
@@ -36,3 +35,4 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Eugene Lee        | [eugenesk24](https://github.com/eugenesk24)             | Amazon      |
 | Zhongnan Su       | [zhongnansu](https://github.com/zhongnansu)             | Amazon      |
 | Chloe Zhang       | [chloe-zh](https://github.com/chloe-zh)                 | Amazon      |
+| Max Ksyunz        | [MaxKsyunz](https://github.com/MaxKsyunz)               | Improving   |