diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Provide mechanism to configure XContent parsing constraints (after update to Jackson 2.15.0 and above) ([#7550](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/7550))
 - Support to clear filecache using clear indices cache API ([#7498](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/7498))
 - Create NamedRoute to map extension routes to a shortened name ([#6870](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6870))
+- Added @dbwiddis as on OpenSearch maintainer ([#7664](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/7665))
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `com.netflix.nebula:gradle-info-plugin` from 12.0.0 to 12.1.3 (#7564)
@@ -135,4 +136,4 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Security
 
 [Unreleased 3.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/compare/2.x...HEAD
-[Unreleased 2.x]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/compare/2.7...2.x
\ No newline at end of file
+[Unreleased 2.x]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/compare/2.7...2.x
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
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@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 ## Current Maintainers
 
 | Maintainer               | GitHub ID                                               | Affiliation |
-| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
+|--------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
 | Anas Alkouz              | [anasalkouz](https://github.com/anasalkouz)             | Amazon      |
 | Andrew Ross              | [andrross](https://github.com/andrross)                 | Amazon      |
 | Andriy Redko             | [reta](https://github.com/reta)                         | Aiven       |
 | Bukhtawar Khan           | [Bukhtawar](https://github.com/Bukhtawar)               | Amazon      |
 | Charlotte Henkle         | [CEHENKLE](https://github.com/CEHENKLE)                 | Amazon      |
+| Dan Widdis               | [dbwiddis](https://github.com/dbwiddis)                 | Amazon      |
 | Daniel "dB." Doubrovkine | [dblock](https://github.com/dblock)                     | Amazon      |
 | Gaurav Bafna             | [gbbafna](https://github.com/gbbafna)                   | Amazon      |
 | Himanshu Setia           | [setiah](https://github.com/setiah)                     | Amazon      |