diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ef9fc1fe94..d501ddeb2c 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
-* @PaperMC/paper-maintainers
-/.github/CODEOWNERS @PaperMC/core-team
+# default ownership
+* @papermc/paper-maintainers
+
+# tooling
+/.github/workflows/ @papermc/tooling
+/gradle/ @papermc/tooling
+/paper-api/build.gradle.kts @papermc/tooling
+/paper-server/build.gradle.kts @papermc/tooling
+/build.gradle.kts @papermc/tooling
+/gradle.properties @papermc/tooling
+/settings.gradle.kts @papermc/tooling
+
+/.github/CODEOWNERS @papermc/leadership-team