diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 6d503651970ae..a38892068303a 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -819,7 +819,6 @@ Tierney Cyren <accounts@bnb.im>
 Guillaume Grossetie <g.grossetie@gmail.com>
 linkgoron <Linkgoron@users.noreply.github.com>
 Quentin Barbe <forty@everteam.org>
-dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
 Delapouite <delapouite@gmail.com>
 F. Hinkelmann <franziska.hinkelmann@gmail.com>
 Tierney Cyren <hello@bnb.im>
diff --git a/scripts/update-authors.sh b/scripts/update-authors.sh
index ac7b99137a987..732ad7d3504d6 100755
--- a/scripts/update-authors.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-authors.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-git log --use-mailmap --reverse --format='%aN <%aE>' | perl -wnE '
+git log --use-mailmap --reverse --format='%aN <%aE>' | grep -v "\[bot\]" | perl -wnE '
 BEGIN {
   say "# Authors sorted by whether or not they\x27re me";
 }