diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index da6403b346..f11916e766 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 **/*.java               @googleapis/api-spanner-java
 
 # The java-samples-reviewers team is the default owner for samples changes
-samples/**/*.java       @googleapis/java-samples-reviewers
+samples/**/*.java       @googleapis/java-samples-reviewers @googleapis/api-spanner-java