diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-files.yml b/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
index 7612a03ca..a18699d18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # unfortunately we can't check if the approver is part of the CODEOWNERS. This is a subset of aws/aws-crypto-tools-team
       # to add more allowlisted approvers just modify this env variable
-      maintainers: seebees, texastony, ShubhamChaturvedi7, lucasmcdonald3, josecorella, imabhichow, rishav-karanjit, antonf-amzn, justplaz, ajewellamz
+      maintainers: seebees, texastony, ShubhamChaturvedi7, lucasmcdonald3, josecorella, imabhichow, rishav-karanjit, antonf-amzn, kessplas, RitvikKapila, ajewellamz
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic_release.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic_release.yml
index e6f475a85..72e0bdb74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic_release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     # there is no easy way in gha to check if the actor is part of the team, running semantic release is a more
     # privileged operation, so we must make sure this list of users is a subset of the users labeled as maintainers of
     # https://github.com/orgs/aws/teams/aws-crypto-tools
-    if: contains('["seebees","texastony","ShubhamChaturvedi7","lucasmcdonald3","josecorella","imabhichow","rishav-karanjit","antonf-amzn","justplaz","ajewellamz"]', github.actor)
+    if: contains('["seebees","texastony","ShubhamChaturvedi7","lucasmcdonald3","josecorella","imabhichow","rishav-karanjit","antonf-amzn","kessplas","RitvikKapila","ajewellamz"]', github.actor)
     runs-on: macos-12
     permissions:
       id-token: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/todo-release.yml b/.github/workflows/todo-release.yml
index 69123754f..e48f918e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/todo-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/todo-release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   getVersion:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/dafny_version.yaml
   java-release:
-    if: contains('["seebees","texastony","ShubhamChaturvedi7","lucasmcdonald3","josecorella","imabhichow","rishav-karanjit","antonf-amzn","justplaz","ajewellamz"]', github.actor)
+    if: contains('["seebees","texastony","ShubhamChaturvedi7","lucasmcdonald3","josecorella","imabhichow","rishav-karanjit","antonf-amzn","kessplas","RitvikKapila","ajewellamz"]', github.actor)
     needs: getVersion
     uses: ./.github/workflows/todo-java-release.yml
     with: