diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index e1d178b..cd70a50 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This should match the owning team set up in https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/teams
-*   @bbarani @saravanan30erd @peterzhuamazon @prudhvigodithi @gaiksaya @TheAlgo
+*  @saravanan30erd @peterzhuamazon @prudhvigodithi @gaiksaya @TheAlgo
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diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 15c78d7..e1785f8 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 
 | Maintainer          | GitHub ID                                           | Affiliation |
 | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
-| Barani Bikshandi    | [bbarani](https://github.com/bbarani)               | Amazon      |
 | Peter Zhu           | [peterzhuamazon](https://github.com/peterzhuamazon) | Amazon      |
 | Sayali Gaikawad     | [gaiksaya](https://github.com/gaiksaya)             | Amazon      |
 | Prudhvi Godithi     | [prudhvigodithi](https://github.com/prudhvigodithi) | Amazon      |
 |Dhiraj Kumar Jain | [TheAlgo](https://github.com/TheAlgo) | Amazon   |
 | Saravanan Palanisamy | [saravanan30erd](https://github.com/saravanan30erd) | Community   |
+
+## Emeritus
+
+| Maintainer            | GitHub ID                                 | Affiliation |
+| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------- |
+| Barani Bikshandi    | [bbarani](https://github.com/bbarani)               | Amazon      |
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