diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 18a310862dfbb..38ce0c3a3f927 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -11,27 +11,27 @@
 #   3. Use the command palette to run the CODEOWNERS: Show owners of current file command, which will display all code owners for the current file.
 
 # Default ownership for all repo files
-* @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jainankitk @kotwanikunal @linuxpi @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19  @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+* @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jainankitk @kotwanikunal @linuxpi @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19  @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
 
 /modules/lang-painless/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
 /modules/parent-join/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
 /modules/transport-netty4/ @peternied
 
-/plugins/identity-shiro/ @peternied
+/plugins/identity-shiro/ @peternied @cwperks
 
-/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
-/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/index/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/search/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
 
 /server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ @peternied
-/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/identity/ @peternied
-/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
-/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/identity/ @peternied @cwperks 
+/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
 /server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ @jed326 @peternied
 /server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/ @peternied
 
-/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
-/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/ @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
 
 /.github/ @jed326 @peternied
 
-/MAINTAINERS.md @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @dbwiddis @gaobinlong @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @peternied @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
+/MAINTAINERS.md @anasalkouz @andrross @ashking94 @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @cwperks @dblock @dbwiddis @gaobinlong @gbbafna @jed326 @kotwanikunal @mch2 @msfroh @nknize @owaiskazi19 @peternied @reta @Rishikesh1159 @sachinpkale @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @sohami @VachaShah
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 4a8aa9305df74..93821a3da4c71 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Ashish Singh             | [ashking94](https://github.com/ashking94)               | Amazon      |
 | Bukhtawar Khan           | [Bukhtawar](https://github.com/Bukhtawar)               | Amazon      |
 | Charlotte Henkle         | [CEHENKLE](https://github.com/CEHENKLE)                 | Amazon      |
+| Craig Perkins            | [cwperks](https://github.com/cwperks)                   | Amazon      |
 | Dan Widdis               | [dbwiddis](https://github.com/dbwiddis)                 | Amazon      |
 | Daniel "dB." Doubrovkine | [dblock](https://github.com/dblock)                     | Amazon      |
 | Gao Binlong              | [gaobinlong](https://github.com/gaobinlong)             | Amazon      |