diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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+*                    @docker/packaging
+pkg/compose/*        @docker/compose-maintainers
+pkg/model/*          @docker/ai-models-infra
+pkg/buildx/*         @docker/build
+pkg/containerd/*     @docker/engine
+pkg/docker-cli/*     @docker/engine
+pkg/docker-engine/*  @docker/engine
+