diff --git a/OWNERS b/OWNERS
index fc07771639..71abbf9ca9 100644
--- a/OWNERS
+++ b/OWNERS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # See the OWNERS docs: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/owners.md
-
+owners:
+  - droot
+  - pwittrock
 approvers:
+  - kubebuilder-admins
+  - kubebuilder-maintainers
+reviewers:
   - kubebuilder-admins
   - kubebuilder-maintainers
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diff --git a/OWNERS_ALIASES b/OWNERS_ALIASES
index a7bf6ac187..03fab86997 100644
--- a/OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 aliases:
   kubebuilder-admins:
+    - directxman12
+    - droot
     - pwittrock
   kubebuilder-maintainers:
-    - pwittrock
+    - liujingfang1
+    - mengqiy
+    - pmorie
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