diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f70aea7..1d0215e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -181,3 +181,4 @@
 /dashboards-flow-framework/
 /flow-framework/
 /dashboards-assistant/
+/opensearch-k8s-operator/
diff --git a/.meta b/.meta
index 366860f..4c255c2 100644
--- a/.meta
+++ b/.meta
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
     "community": "git@github.com:opensearch-project/community.git",
     "dashboards-flow-framework": "git@github.com:opensearch-project/dashboards-flow-framework.git",
     "flow-framework": "git@github.com:opensearch-project/flow-framework.git",
-    "dashboards-assistant": "git@github.com:opensearch-project/dashboards-assistant.git"
+    "dashboards-assistant": "git@github.com:opensearch-project/dashboards-assistant.git",
+    "opensearch-k8s-operator": "git@github.com:opensearch-project/opensearch-k8s-operator.git"
   }
 }