diff --git a/OWNERS b/OWNERS
index 3905b7b09..05296d25f 100644
--- a/OWNERS
+++ b/OWNERS
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ approvers:
   - ahrtr           # Benjamin Wang <wachao@vmware.com> <benjamin.ahrtr@gmail.com>
   - mitake          # Hitoshi Mitake <h.mitake@gmail.com>
   - serathius       # Marek Siarkowicz <siarkowicz@google.com> <marek.siarkowicz@gmail.com>
-  - ptabor          # Piotr Tabor <piotr.tabor@gmail.com>
   - spzala          # Sahdev Zala <spzala@us.ibm.com>
   - wenjiaswe       # Wenjia Zhang <wenjiazhang@google.com> <wenjia.swe@gmail.com>
 reviewers:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 962359a5a..5bf6d8ecc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ These emeritus maintainers dedicated a part of their career to etcd and reviewed
 * Xiang Li
 * Ben Darnell
 * Sam Batschelet
+* Piotr Tabor
 
 ### License