diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
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@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 # any change to the chart should go through devops
 /charts/gitops-runtime/templates @codefresh-io/DevOps
 /charts/gitops-runtime/tests     @codefresh-io/DevOps
+
+# gitops operator crd changes can be approved by some other people
+/charts/gitops-runtime/templates/_components/gitops-operator/crds @codefresh-io/DevOps @dmaizel @eti-codefresh @chen-keinan @scme0
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