diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 7a9739a7..0ee8f307 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Code owners
+.github/CODEOWNERS      @exercism/maintainers-admin
+
 # The code sample shown in the code check when people sign up to Exercism
 docs/SIGN_UP_SNIPPET.txt    @exercism/maintainers-admin