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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ nominate someone else (i.e. there are multiple devs).
 At any point, a world maintainer can authorize the addition of another world maintainer to their world.  
 This can be done through an update of the [CODEOWNERS](/docs/CODEOWNERS) document.  
 Specifically, one of the involved parties should open a pull request with a change to this document. This PR must be
-approved by all existing maintainers of the world and the new world maintainer candidate.
+approved by all existing maintainers of the world, the new world maintainer candidate, and one core maintainer.
 
 This should usually be a quick process, but core reserves its right to make their own assessment.  
 For example, adding 5 people who we have never heard of might raise some questions.