diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS.yml b/.github/CODEOWNERS.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..245dd6855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*  @elastic/apm-agent-python
+/.github/actions/  @elastic/apm-agent-python @elastic/observablt-ci
+/.github/workflows/  @elastic/apm-agent-python @elastic/observablt-ci
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 384f44ee4..9abbe4339 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ updates:
       interval: "weekly"
       day: "sunday"
       time: "22:00"
-    reviewers:
-      - "elastic/apm-agent-python"
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "urllib3" # ignore until lambda runtimes use OpenSSL 1.1.1+
         versions: [">=2.0.0"]
@@ -28,8 +26,6 @@ updates:
     directories:
       - '/'
       - '/.github/actions/*'
-    reviewers:
-      - "elastic/observablt-ci"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
       day: "sunday"
@@ -42,8 +38,6 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directories:
       - '/'
-    reviewers:
-      - "elastic/apm-agent-python"
     registries: "*"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"