diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index f961498..367273f 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This should match the team set up in https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/teams and include any additional contributors
-*   @samuel-oci @saratvemulapalli @VachaShah @kotwanikunal @andrross @anasalkouz
\ No newline at end of file
+*   @samuel-oci @saratvemulapalli @VachaShah @kotwanikunal @anasalkouz
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 85c0fe7..b1305f9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 ## Emeritus
 
 | Maintainer        | GitHub ID                                               | Affiliation |
+|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------| ----------- |
 | Andrew Ross       | [andrross](https://github.com/andrross)                 | Amazon      |