diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 3bec9d2a0a..b644aa6a45 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*   @b4sjoo @dhrubo-os @mingshl @jngz-es @model-collapse @rbhavna @ylwu-amzn @zane-neo @Zhangxunmt @austintlee @HenryL27 @sam-herman @xinyual @pyek-bot @rithin-pullela-aws
+*   @b4sjoo @dhrubo-os @mingshl @jngz-es @model-collapse @rbhavna @ylwu-amzn @zane-neo @Zhangxunmt @austintlee @HenryL27 @sam-herman @xinyual @pyek-bot @rithin-pullela-aws @akolarkunnu
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index eb2f85ff7a..6dbb10f8aa 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Austin Lee           | [austintlee](https://github.com/austintlee)         | Aryn      |
 | Henry Lindeman       | [HenryL27](https://github.com/HenryL27)             | Aryn      |
 | Samuel Herman        | [samuel-oci](https://github.com/sam-herman/)        | Oracle    |
+| Abdul Muneer Kolarkunnu | [akolarkunnu](https://github.com/akolarkunnu)    | NetApp    |
 
 ## Emeritus