diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 348c4ee7cd0a..3ad03df0349e 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 * @hashicorp/consul-selfmanage-maintainers
 
-# web presence and education
 
-/website/   @hashicorp/consul-docs @hashicorp/web-presence @hashicorp/consul-selfmanage-maintainers
+# engineering and web presence get notified of, and can approve changes to web tooling, but not content.
+
+/website/           @hashicorp/web-presence @hashicorp/consul-selfmanage-maintainers
+/website/data/
+/website/public/
+/website/content/
+
+# education and engineering get notified of, and can approve changes to web content.
+
+/website/data/		    @hashicorp/consul-docs @hashicorp/consul-selfmanage-maintainers
+/website/public/		@hashicorp/consul-docs @hashicorp/consul-selfmanage-maintainers
+/website/content/	    @hashicorp/consul-docs @hashicorp/consul-selfmanage-maintainers
 
 
 # release configuration