diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
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--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
-* @kinde-oss/giants-kinde
\ No newline at end of file
+# Default owners for all files
+* @kinde-oss/giants-kinde
+
+# Java / Maven dependency files that Renovate updates
+pom.xml              @kinde-oss/sdk-engineers
+**/pom.xml           @kinde-oss/sdk-engineers
+
+# Optional: if Renovate ever bumps Maven wrapper versions
+.mvn/wrapper/**      @kinde-oss/sdk-engineers
+mvnw                 @kinde-oss/sdk-engineers
+mvnw.cmd             @kinde-oss/sdk-engineers