diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 29fefbf9b..d4333d2e9 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This should match the owning team set up in https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/teams
-*   @heemin32 @navneet1v @VijayanB @vamshin @jmazanec15 @naveentatikonda @junqiu-lei @martin-gaievski @ryanbogan @luyuncheng @shatejas @0ctopus13prime
+*   @heemin32 @navneet1v @VijayanB @vamshin @jmazanec15 @naveentatikonda @junqiu-lei @martin-gaievski @ryanbogan @luyuncheng @shatejas @0ctopus13prime @Vikasht34
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index fd18eee5c..35ebf2673 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 
 | Maintainer              | GitHub ID                                             | Affiliation |
 |-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
-| Doo Yong Kim             | [0ctopus13prime](https://github.com/0ctopus13prime)               | Amazon      |
+| Doo Yong Kim            | [0ctopus13prime](https://github.com/0ctopus13prime)   | Amazon      |
 | Heemin Kim              | [heemin32](https://github.com/heemin32)               | Amazon      |
 | Jack Mazanec            | [jmazanec15](https://github.com/jmazanec15)           | Amazon      |
 | Junqiu Lei              | [junqiu-lei](https://github.com/junqiu-lei)           | Amazon      |
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Tejas Shah              | [shatejas](https://github.com/shatejas)               | Amazon      |
 | Vamshi Vijay Nakkirtha  | [vamshin](https://github.com/vamshin)                 | Amazon      |
 | Vijayan Balasubramanian | [VijayanB](https://github.com/VijayanB)               | Amazon      |
+| Vikash Tiwari           | [Vikasht34](https://github.com/Vikasht34)             | Amazon      |
 | Yuncheng Lu             | [luyuncheng](https://github.com/luyuncheng)           | Bytedance   |