diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 4d9a2301f0e..35f16065927 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
 #
 
+# All files
+* @open-telemetry/javascript-approvers
+
 # Only maintainers can approve changes in .github/ - including this file here, workflows and issue templates
 .github/ @open-telemetry/javascript-maintainers
 
@@ -27,6 +30,3 @@ experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fetch/ @open-telemetry/brows
 experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-xml-http-request/ @open-telemetry/browser-maintainers @open-telemetry/javascript-approvers
 experimental/packages/opentelemetry-web-common/ @open-telemetry/browser-maintainers @open-telemetry/javascript-approvers
 packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/ @open-telemetry/browser-maintainers @open-telemetry/javascript-approvers
-
-# All other files
-* @open-telemetry/javascript-approvers
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12f181f3f0b..e1c61d17aba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 
 ### :house: Internal
 
+* chore: fix CODEOWNERS rule ordering [#6297](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6297) @overbalance
+
 ## 2.4.0
 
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes