diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 5991e2c..90027a4 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* @brendandburns @jonjohnsonjr @jstarks @jonboulle @stevvooe @sudo-bmitch @vbatts @cyphar
+* @jonjohnsonjr @jonboulle @stevvooe @sudo-bmitch @vbatts @cyphar
diff --git a/EMERITUS.md b/EMERITUS.md
index 5220551..eef0b44 100644
--- a/EMERITUS.md
+++ b/EMERITUS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 We would like to acknowledge previous OCI image spec maintainers and their huge contributions to our collective success:
 
 * Brandon Philips (@philips)
+* Brendan Burns (@brendandburns)
 * Jason Bouzane (@jbouzane)
+* John Starks (@jstarks)
 * Keyang Xie (@xiekeyang)
 
 We thank these members for their service to the OCI community.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 54422bb..402dd05 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 Brandon Mitchell <git@bmitch.net> (@sudo-bmitch)
-Brendan Burns <bburns@microsoft.com> (@brendandburns)
 Jon Johnson <jonjohnson@google.com> (@jonjohnsonjr)
-John Starks <jostarks@microsoft.com> (@jstarks)
 Jonathan Boulle <jonathanboulle@gmail.com> (@jonboulle)
 Stephen Day <stevvooe@gmail.com> (@stevvooe)
 Vincent Batts <vbatts@hashbangbash.com> (@vbatts)