diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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 *       @adinauer @romtsn @markushi @runningcode @0xadam-brown
+
+# Public API surface — also request a mobile SDK team review on API changes
+/sentry/api/sentry.api @adinauer @romtsn @markushi @runningcode @0xadam-brown @getsentry/team-mobile
+/sentry-android-core/api/sentry-android-core.api @adinauer @romtsn @markushi @runningcode @0xadam-brown @getsentry/team-mobile