diff --git a/hack/testdata/OWNERS b/hack/testdata/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce699e9679a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/testdata/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+approvers:
+- sig-cli-maintainers
+reviewers:
+- sig-cli