diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index f096a2ee4f..64447349d7 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 # These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo.
-* @camunda/connectors
\ No newline at end of file
+* @camunda/connectors 
+
+# These files are excluded so that Renovate can automatically merge dependency upgrades
+renovate.json5
+.ci/preview-environments/charts/c8sm/Chart.yaml
+**/pom.xml