diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 12a009e66..9372c6fd3 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -10,22 +10,12 @@
 
 # MAINTAINERS
 Benjamin Wang <wachao@vmware.com> (ahrtr@) pkg:*
-Gyuho Lee <gyuhox@gmail.com> (@gyuho) pkg:*
 Hitoshi Mitake <h.mitake@gmail.com> (@mitake) pkg:*
-Jingyi Hu <jingyih@google.com> (@jingyih) pkg:*
 Marek Siarkowicz <siarkowicz@google.com> (@serathius) pkg:*
 Piotr Tabor <ptab@google.com> (@ptabor) pkg:*
 Sahdev Zala <spzala@us.ibm.com> (@spzala) pkg:*
 Sam Batschelet <sbatschelet@gmail.com> (@hexfusion) pkg:*
-Wenjia Zhang <wenjiazhang@google.com> (@wenjiaswe) pkg:*
-Xiang Li <xiangli.cs@gmail.com> (@xiang90) pkg:*
-
-Ben Darnell <ben@cockroachlabs.com> (@bdarnell) pkg:go.etcd.io/etcd/raft
-Tobias Grieger <tobias.schottdorf@gmail.com> (@tbg) pkg:go.etcd.io/etcd/raft
 
 # REVIEWERS
 Lili Cosic <cosiclili@gmail.com> (lilic@) pkg:*
 Wilson Wang <wilson.wang@bytedance.com> (wilsonwang371@) pkg:*
-
-# EMERITUS MAINTAINERS
-Joe Betz <jpbetz@google.com> (@jpbetz) pkg:*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 251b1ff54..47acb5288 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@ These emeritus maintainers dedicated a part of their career to etcd and reviewed
 * Fanmin Shi
 * Anthony Romano
 * Brandon Philips
+* Joe Betz
+* Gyuho Lee
+* Jingyi Hu
+* Wenjia Zhang
+* Xiang Li
+* Ben Darnell
+* Tobias Grieger
 
 ### License