diff --git a/.github/auto_assign.yml b/.github/auto_assign.yml
index 503d32123580..2c81792a7b42 100644
--- a/.github/auto_assign.yml
+++ b/.github/auto_assign.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ assigneeGroups:
   approvers_maintainers:
     # Approvers
     - atoulme
-    - ChrsMark
+    # - ChrsMark on leave
     - crobert-1
     - dashpole
     - mwear
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0a235de7e2e..715b7494b1bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Emeritus Triagers:
 Approvers ([@open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/collector-contrib-approvers)):
 
 - [Antoine Toulme](https://github.com/atoulme), Splunk
-- [Christos Markou](https://github.com/ChrsMark), Elastic
+- [Christos Markou](https://github.com/ChrsMark), Elastic (on leave)
 - [Curtis Robert](https://github.com/crobert-1), Splunk
 - [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
 - [Matt Wear](https://github.com/mwear), Lightstep