diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 4fd35e007..2f84a2eb3 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 
 # The yoshi-nodejs team is the default owner for nodejs repositories.
 *     @googleapis/yoshi-nodejs @googleapis/firestore-dpe @googleapis/api-firestore
+.github/auto-approve.yml @googleapis/github-automation/
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