diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 8ce2f331..61e48482 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo.
 # Unless a later match takes precedence,they will be requested for review when someone opens a pull request.
-#* @mlcommons/ai-safety-engineers
+* @mlcommons/ai-safety-engineers
+
+/CODEOWNERS @mlcommons/staff