diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index c2d88c1151d..ad66f5073cb 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Interop/ @firebase/firebase-ios-sdk-admin
 scripts/ @firebase/firebase-ios-sdk-admin
 .github/ @firebase/firebase-ios-sdk-admin
 *.md @firebase/firebase-ios-sdk-admin
+CHANGELOG.md # Exempt from the `*.md` rule.