diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index d1666ce..ec678dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ on:
       - 'changelogs/**'
       - 'example/**'
       - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'MAINTAINERS'
+      - 'MAINTAINERS.md'
 
 jobs:
   lint:
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 252ebb0..0000000
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-See OpenEBS Maintainers at https://github.com/openebs/community/blob/HEAD/MAINTAINERS
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..112f6e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Maintainers
+
+<BR>
+
+## Umbrella Project
+
+OpenEBS is an "umbrella project". Every project, repository and file in the OpenEBS organization adopts and follows the policies found in the Community repo umbrella project files.
+<BR>
+
+Please refer to the [OpenEBS Maintainers](https://github.com/openebs/community/blob/HEAD/MAINTAINERS.md).
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