diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 7da0ab3a39..cd6d92c590 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -27,4 +27,10 @@
 /shared/ @Aenimus @JivusAyrus @StarpTech @thisisnithin
 /studio/ @JivusAyrus @wilsonrivera @StarpTech @thisisnithin
 # Cosmo Streams / EDFS
-/router/pkg/pubsub @alepane21 @StarpTech @jensneuse @dkorittki
\ No newline at end of file
+/router/pkg/pubsub @alepane21 @StarpTech @jensneuse @dkorittki
+
+# generated protobuf files, sourced from /proto/
+/router/gen/
+/connect-go/gen/
+/graphqlmetrics/gen/
+/connect/src/wg/