diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 5041f4b625..3b3a442b83 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @cliu123 @cwperks @DarshitChanpura @davidlago @peternied @RyanL1997 @scrawfor99 @reta @willyborankin
+* @cliu123 @cwperks @DarshitChanpura @peternied @RyanL1997 @scrawfor99 @reta @willyborankin
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index f27e192923..bafadc11bd 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
 | Chang Liu        | [cliu123](https://github.com/cliu123)                 | Amazon      |
 | Darshit Chanpura | [DarshitChanpura](https://github.com/DarshitChanpura) | Amazon      |
-| Dave Lago        | [davidlago](https://github.com/davidlago)             | Amazon      |
 | Peter Nied       | [peternied](https://github.com/peternied)             | Amazon      |
 | Craig Perkins    | [cwperks](https://github.com/cwperks)                 | Amazon      |
 | Ryan Liang       | [RyanL1997](https://github.com/RyanL1997)             | Amazon      |
@@ -24,6 +23,12 @@ This document contains a list of maintainers in this repo. See [opensearch-proje
 | Andriy Redko     | [reta](https://github.com/reta)                       | Aiven       |
 | Andrey Pleskach  | [willyborankin](https://github.com/willyborankin)     | Aiven       |
 
+## Emeritus
+
+| Maintainer    | GitHub ID                                           | Affiliation |
+| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
+| Dave Lago     | [davidlago](https://github.com/davidlago)           | Contributor |
+
 ## Practices
 
 ### Updating Practices