diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer/.github/CODEOWNERS b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 6bc44f50ae44..4558c4cd8b51 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # For syntax help see:
 # https://help.github.com/en/github/creating-cloning-and-archiving-repositories/about-code-owners#codeowners-syntax
 
+# The @googleapis/api-bigquery is the default owner for changes in this repo
+*               @googleapis/api-bigquery
 
-# The python-samples-owners team is the default owner for samples
-/samples/**/*.py                       @shollyman @googleapis/python-samples-owners
\ No newline at end of file
+# The python-samples-reviewers team is the default owner for samples changes
+/samples/   @googleapis/python-samples-owners