diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ba9a1fe..cae8889 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-* @EasyPost/dev-tools @EasyPost/easypost-public-maintainers
+## These are the standard rules for all EasyPost public repositories.
+##
+
+* @EasyPost/easypost-public-maintainers
+
+# The devtools team owns the codeowners file, this is for auditing purposes
+.github/CODEOWNERS @easypost/dev-tools