diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 93e2887f7c872..45c73da2cbd6a 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 /ggml/src/ggml-quants.*                 @ggerganov
 /ggml/src/ggml-threading.*              @ggerganov @slaren
 /ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/                  @0cc4m
-/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/                    @taronaeo
+/ggml/src/ggml-zdnn/                    @taronaeo @AlekseiNikiforovIBM
 /ggml/src/ggml.c                        @ggerganov @slaren
 /ggml/src/ggml.cpp                      @ggerganov @slaren
 /ggml/src/gguf.cpp                      @JohannesGaessler @Green-Sky