diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 234be6fbd..fedf4e2db 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*   @lezzago @AWSHurneyt @sbcd90 @eirsep @getsaurabh02 @praveensameneni @qreshi @bowenlan-amzn @rishabhmaurya @engechas
\ No newline at end of file
+*   @lezzago @AWSHurneyt @sbcd90 @eirsep @getsaurabh02 @praveensameneni @qreshi @bowenlan-amzn @rishabhmaurya @engechas @riysaxen-amzn
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 89c7bd145..5a9fb6e20 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Thomas Hurney        | [AWSHurneyt](https://github.com/AWSHurneyt) | Amazon      |
 | Praveen Sameneni     | [praveensameneni](https://github.com/praveensameneni) | Amazon      |
 | Chase Engelbrecht    | [engechas](https://github.com/engechas) | Amazon      |
+| Riya Saxena          | [riysaxen-amzn](https://github.com/riysaxen-amzn) | Amazon    |
 
 ## Emeritus