diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 9484cbb5..b5158c45 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 * @grafana/grafana-oncall-backend
 
+# don't tag @grafana/grafana-oncall-backend on changes to CHANGELOG.md
+CHANGELOG.md
+
 /grafana-plugin @grafana/grafana-oncall-frontend