diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index e9810220de1b6..7237a21700add 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*   @reta @anasalkouz @andrross @reta @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @gbbafna @setiah @kartg @kotwanikunal @mch2 @nknize @owaiskazi19 @adnapibar @Rishikesh1159 @ryanbogan @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @dreamer-89 @tlfeng @VachaShah @xuezhou25
+*   @reta @anasalkouz @andrross @reta @Bukhtawar @CEHENKLE @dblock @gbbafna @setiah @kartg @kotwanikunal @mch2 @nknize @owaiskazi19 @Rishikesh1159 @ryanbogan @saratvemulapalli @shwetathareja @dreamer-89 @tlfeng @VachaShah @dbwiddis
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 577b5c2eacc4d..c81cc5b04517b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ 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 ([#7665](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)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 5a0b89842a67e..18aaac10bf9b0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - [Current Maintainers](#current-maintainers)
 - [Emeritus](#emeritus)
-  
+
 ## Current Maintainers
 
 | Maintainer | GitHub ID | Affiliation |
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 | 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 |
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@
 | Marc Handalian | [mch2](https://github.com/mch2) | Amazon |
 | Nick Knize | [nknize](https://github.com/nknize) | Amazon |
 | Owais Kazi | [owaiskazi19](https://github.com/owaiskazi19) | Amazon |
-| Rabi Panda | [adnapibar](https://github.com/adnapibar) | Amazon |
 | Rishikesh Pasham | [Rishikesh1159](https://github.com/Rishikesh1159) | Amazon|
 | Ryan Bogan | [ryanbogan](https://github.com/ryanbogan) | Amazon |
 | Sarat Vemulapalli | [saratvemulapalli](https://github.com/saratvemulapalli) | Amazon |
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 | Suraj Singh | [dreamer-89](https://github.com/dreamer-89) | Amazon |
 | Tianli Feng | [tlfeng](https://github.com/tlfeng) | Amazon |
 | Vacha Shah | [VachaShah](https://github.com/VachaShah) | Amazon |
-| Xue Zhou | [xuezhou25](https://github.com/xuezhou25) | Amazon |
 
 ## Emeritus
 
@@ -34,5 +33,7 @@
 | --------------- | --------- | ----------- |
 | Abbas Hussain | [abbashus](https://github.com/abbashus) | Amazon |
 | Megha Sai Kavikondala | [meghasaik](https://github.com/meghasaik) | Amazon |
+| Rabi Panda | [adnapibar](https://github.com/adnapibar) | Amazon |
+| Xue Zhou | [xuezhou25](https://github.com/xuezhou25) | Amazon |
 
 [This document](https://github.com/opensearch-project/.github/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md) explains what maintainers do in this repo, and how they should be doing it. If you're interested in contributing, see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).