diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 68cd20360cd..b476375fd6a 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # Default owners, overridden by file/directory specific owners below
 * @DataDog/apm-java
 
+/dd-smoke-tests/play-*/ @DataDog/apm-idm-java
+
 # @DataDog/apm-idm-java
 /dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/instrumentation/decorator/  @DataDog/apm-idm-java
 /dd-java-agent/instrumentation/                                                                  @DataDog/apm-idm-java