diff --git a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
index a6cb54751a..9ae29cd8f2 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 * @esp-idf-codeowners/other
 
 /.*                                   @esp-idf-codeowners/tools
+/.codespellrc                         @esp-idf-codeowners/ci
 /.github/workflows/                   @esp-idf-codeowners/ci
 /.gitlab-ci.yml                       @esp-idf-codeowners/ci
 /.gitlab/ci/                          @esp-idf-codeowners/ci