diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 8c504286d..7a8d81be4 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-*			@sigstore/rekor-codeowners
+* @sigstore/rekor-codeowners
+
+/.github/ @sigstore/dep-maintainers
+/release/ @sigstore/dep-maintainers
+go.mod @sigstore/dep-maintainers
+go.sum @sigstore/dep-maintainers