diff --git a/OWNERS_ALIASES b/OWNERS_ALIASES
index 0716e69c1a..f675853ebe 100644
--- a/OWNERS_ALIASES
+++ b/OWNERS_ALIASES
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ aliases:
   controller-runtime-maintainers:
   - vincepri
   - joelanford
+  - fillzpp
 
   # non-admin folks who can approve any PRs in the repo
   controller-runtime-approvers:
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ aliases:
   - vincepri
   - alexeldeib
   - varshaprasad96
-  - fillzpp
   - sbueringer
 
   # folks to can approve things in the directly-ported