diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index abdf25c16f860..24937615965a1 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,24 +1 @@
-# TODO(zuercher): determine how we want to deal with auto-assignment
-# By default, @envoyproxy/maintainers own everything.
-#*       @envoyproxy/maintainers
-
-# dubbo_proxy extension
-/*/extensions/filters/network/dubbo_proxy @zyfjeff @lizan 
-# thrift_proxy extension
-/*/extensions/filters/network/thrift_proxy @zuercher @brian-pane
-# jwt_authn http filter extension
-/*/extensions/filters/http/jwt_authn @qiwzhang @lizan
-# grpc_http1_reverse_bridge http filter extension
-/*/extensions/filters/http/grpc_http1_reverse_bridge @snowp
-# header_to_metadata extension
-/*/extensions/filters/http/header_to_metadata @rgs1 @zuercher
-# alts transport socket extension
-/*/extensions/transport_sockets/alts @htuch @yangminzhu
-# sni_cluster extension
-/*/extensions/filters/network/sni_cluster @rshriram @lizan
-# tracers.datadog extension
-/*/extensions/tracers/datadog @cgilmour @palazzem
-# mysql_proxy extension
-/*/extensions/filters/network/mysql_proxy @rshriram @venilnoronha @mattklein123
-# quic extension
-/*/extensions/quic_listeners/ @alyssawilk @danzh2010 @mattklein123 @mpwarres @wu-bin
+* @istio/release-managers-1-3