diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index c40e00b3..95450971 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # namespace maintainers
-namespaces/* @C-Loftus @webb-ben
+/namespaces/ @C-Loftus @webb-ben