diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 02e45118f..d0fa12747 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @ananzh @kavilla @dblock @VachaShah @nhtruong @harshavamsi @timursaurus @AMoo-Miki
+* @ananzh @kavilla @VachaShah @nhtruong @harshavamsi @timursaurus @AMoo-Miki
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 463e1bfb8..920299d7d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
 | Anan Zhuang           | [ananzh](https://github.com/ananzh)           | Amazon      |
 | Kawika (Rocky) Avilla | [kavilla](https://github.com/kavilla)         | Amazon      |
-| Daniel Doubrovkine    | [dblock](https://github.com/dblock)           | Independent |
 | Vacha Shah            | [VachaShah](https://github.com/VachaShah)     | Amazon      |
 | Theo Truong           | [nhtruong](https://github.com/nhtruong)       | Amazon      |
 | Harsha Vamsi Kalluri  | [harshavamsi](https://github.com/harshavamsi) | Amazon      |
@@ -17,8 +16,9 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 
 ## Emeritus
 
-| Maintainer    | GitHub ID                                     | Affiliation |
-| ------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
-| Bishoy Boktor | [boktorbb](https://github.com/boktorbb)       | Amazon      |
-| Mihir Soni    | [mihirsoni](https://github.com/mihirsoni)     | Amazon      |
-| Sean Neumann  | [seanneumann](https://github.com/seanneumann) | Amazon      |
+| Maintainer         | GitHub ID                                     | Affiliation |
+| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
+| Bishoy Boktor      | [boktorbb](https://github.com/boktorbb)       | Amazon      |
+| Daniel Doubrovkine | [dblock](https://github.com/dblock)           | Independent |
+| Mihir Soni         | [mihirsoni](https://github.com/mihirsoni)     | Amazon      |
+| Sean Neumann       | [seanneumann](https://github.com/seanneumann) | Amazon      |