diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0ef219b80..9da8cace1 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*   @amsiglan @AWSHurneyt @bowenlan-amzn @getsaurabh02 @praveensameneni @xluo-aws @gaobinlong @Hailong-am @SuZhou-Joe @lezzago @sbcd90 @eirsep @r1walz
+*   @amsiglan @AWSHurneyt @bowenlan-amzn @getsaurabh02 @praveensameneni @xluo-aws @gaobinlong @Hailong-am @SuZhou-Joe @lezzago @sbcd90 @eirsep @r1walz @vikasvb90
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 2938c329a..c6b9a5769 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Subhobrata DEY        | [sbcd90](https://github.com/sbcd90)                   | Amazon      |
 | Surya Sashank Nistala | [eirsep](https://github.com/eirsep)                   | Amazon      |
 | Rohit Ashiwal         | [r1walz](https://github.com/r1walz)                   | Amazon      |
+| Vikas Bansal          | [vikasvb90](https://github.com/vikasvb90)             | Amazon      |
 
 ## Emeritus