diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ffa2e33444..0767af3b67 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @cwperks @DarshitChanpura @nibix @peternied @RyanL1997 @stephen-crawford @reta @willyborankin
+* @cwperks @DarshitChanpura @derek-ho @nibix @peternied @RyanL1997 @stephen-crawford @reta @willyborankin
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index be4a41dc03..3f72e0a42e 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Darshit Chanpura | [DarshitChanpura](https://github.com/DarshitChanpura) | Amazon      |
 | Peter Nied       | [peternied](https://github.com/peternied)             | Amazon      |
 | Craig Perkins    | [cwperks](https://github.com/cwperks)                 | Amazon      |
+| Derek Ho         | [derek-ho](https://github.com/derek-ho)               | Amazon      |
 | Ryan Liang       | [RyanL1997](https://github.com/RyanL1997)             | Amazon      |
 | Stephen Crawford | [scrawfor99](https://github.com/stephen-crawford)     | Amazon      |
 | Andriy Redko     | [reta](https://github.com/reta)                       | Aiven       |