diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 30fdb7b9..db2d8ad1 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@
 
 # The java-samples-reviewers team is the default owner for samples changes
 samples/**/*.java       @googleapis/java-samples-reviewers
+
+# Generated snippets should not be owned by samples reviewers
+samples/snippets/generated/       @googleapis/yoshi-java