diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index a5f4ca2b..d44dcf6e 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 
 examples @wasmCloud/examples-maintainers @wasmCloud/typescript-maintainers
 examples/**/README.md @wasmCloud/docs-maintainers
+
+templates @wasmCloud/examples-maintainers @wasmCloud/typescript-maintainers
+templates/**/README.md @wasmCloud/docs-maintainers