diff --git a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
index bfe7cf3a1c..2d264162d6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.gitlab/CODEOWNERS
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ requirements.*.txt              @esp-idf-codeowners/tools
 
 # sort-order-reset
 
+/components/**/test_apps/**/*.py     @esp-idf-codeowners/ci @esp-idf-codeowners/tools
+
 # ignore lists
 /tools/ci/check_copyright_config.yaml                   @esp-idf-codeowners/all-maintainers
 /tools/ci/check_copyright_ignore.txt                    @esp-idf-codeowners/all-maintainers