diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index b139ac1a9..ac39d29cf 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jest.config.mjs                                 @hashgraph/devops-ci @hashgraph/
 
 # Protect the repository root files
 /README.md                                      @hashgraph/devops-ci @hashgraph/devops-ci-committers @hashgraph/release-engineering-managers @hashgraph/guardian-maintainers
-**/LICENSE                                      @hashgraph/release-engineering-managers
+**/LICENSE                                      @hashgraph/release-engineering-managers @hashgraph/guardian-maintainers
 
 # CodeCov configuration
 **/codecov.yml                                  @hashgraph/devops-ci @hashgraph/devops-ci-committers