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 ### Approvers
 
 - [Ivan Santos](https://github.com/pragmaticivan)
+- [Lukas Hering](https://github.com/herin049)
 - [Maxime David](https://github.com/maxday)
 
 For more information about the approver role, see the [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#approver).