diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 8d9b1d5986a..901548bf3db 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 * @philipphofmann @philprime @noahsmartin @itaybre @NinjaLikesCheez
+
+# Public API surface — also request a mobile SDK team review on API changes
+/sdk_api*.json @philipphofmann @philprime @noahsmartin @itaybre @NinjaLikesCheez @getsentry/team-mobile