diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ee651408fcc42..ae68cddc12249 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability/server/lib/esql_extensions
 
 # Observability-ui folder level permissions (need to be before individual files inside the folder)
 /x-pack/solutions/observability/test/serverless/functional/test_suites @elastic/observability-ui
-/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/observability @elastic/observability-ui
+/src/platform/test/functional/apps/discover/observability @elastic/obs-exploration-team
 
 # obs-onboarding-team
 /x-pack/solutions/observability/test/api_integration_deployment_agnostic/apis/dataset_quality @elastic/obs-onboarding-team