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@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 Approvers ([@open-telemetry/java-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/java-approvers)):
 
-- [Anuraag Agrawal](https://github.com/anuraaga), AWS
 - [Armin Ruech](https://github.com/arminru), Dynatrace
 - [Pavol Loffay](https://github.com/pavolloffay), RedHat
 - [Tyler Benson](https://github.com/tylerbenson), DataDog
@@ -157,6 +156,7 @@ Maintainers ([@open-telemetry/java-maintainers](https://github.com/orgs/open-tel
 - [Bogdan Drutu](https://github.com/BogdanDrutu), Splunk
 - [Carlos Alberto](https://github.com/carlosalberto), LightStep
 - [John Watson](https://github.com/jkwatson), New Relic
+- [Anuraag Agrawal](https://github.com/anuraaga), AWS
 
 *Find more about the maintainer role in [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/master/community-membership.md#maintainer).*