diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index eba0bf65133..ec4222a0d4f 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
 /pkgs/development/perl-modules      @volth @stigtsp
 
 # R
-/pkgs/applications/science/math/R   @peti
-/pkgs/development/r-modules         @peti
+/pkgs/applications/science/math/R   @jbedo @bcdarwin
+/pkgs/development/r-modules         @jbedo @bcdarwin
 
 # Ruby
 /pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby @marsam