diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0057c0d7bb0..a55bb2918c3 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 #  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
 #
 
-* @danielkhan @mayurkale22 @rochdev @bg451 @OlivierAlbertini @vmarchaud @markwolff
+* @danielkhan @mayurkale22 @rochdev @bg451 @OlivierAlbertini @vmarchaud @markwolff @obecny
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb0d120126e..8e18c085535 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Approvers ([@open-telemetry/js-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry
 - [Olivier Albertini](https://github.com/OlivierAlbertini), VilledeMontreal
 - [Valentin Marchaud](https://github.com/vmarchaud), Open Source Contributor
 - [Mark Wolff](https://github.com/markwolff), Microsoft
+- [Bartlomiej Obecny](https://github.com/obecny), LightStep
 
 *Find more about the approver role in [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/master/community-membership.md#approver).*