diff --git a/polkadot/.github/CODEOWNERS b/polkadot/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 37839791456be627141008e3ad620a82421e2525..a92dc0bb006cb377d2c4a6b0075fca882b820647 100644
--- a/polkadot/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/polkadot/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 /.github/ @paritytech/ci @chevdor
 /scripts/ci/ @paritytech/ci @chevdor
 /.gitlab-ci.yml @paritytech/ci
+# lingua.dic is not managed by CI team
+/scripts/ci/gitlab/lingua.dic