diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/markitdown-mcp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/markitdown-mcp/package.nix
index dfa3c3f5d1a3..3524793235d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/markitdown-mcp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/markitdown-mcp/package.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/tree/main/packages/markitdown-mcp";
     changelog = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ malik ];
+    maintainers = python3Packages.markitdown.meta.maintainers;
     mainProgram = "markitdown-mcp";
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/markitdown/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markitdown/default.nix
index cffa8aa21a21..2f7313d2c79b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/markitdown/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/markitdown/default.nix
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown";
     changelog = "https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ malik ];
   };
 })