diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0713a66ef3ef5..36551f70b10a0 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -223,3 +223,6 @@ llvm/test/Instrumentation/ThreadSanitizer/ @intel/dpcpp-sanitizers-review
 sycl/test-e2e/AddressSanitizer/ @intel/dpcpp-sanitizers-review
 sycl/test-e2e/MemorySanitizer/ @intel/dpcpp-sanitizers-review
 sycl/test-e2e/ThreadSanitizer/ @intel/dpcpp-sanitizers-review
+
+# ABI compatibility
+devops/compat_ci_exclude.sycl-rel-** @gmlueck @xtian-github