diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 37839791456b..a92dc0bb006c 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 /.github/ @paritytech/ci @chevdor
 /scripts/ci/ @paritytech/ci @chevdor
 /.gitlab-ci.yml @paritytech/ci
+# lingua.dic is not managed by CI team
+/scripts/ci/gitlab/lingua.dic