diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index f426472c10f..e9ac04b9034 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "157689911+itsflownium@users.noreply.github.com": "itsflownium",
     "dirtyren@users.noreply.github.com": "dirtyren",
     "285906080+AIalliAI@users.noreply.github.com": "AIalliAI",
+    "waseemshahwan@users.noreply.github.com": "waseemshahwan",
     "perkintahmaz50@gmail.com": "devatnull",
     "marxb@protonmail.com": "Marxb85",
     "153708448+hunjaiboy@users.noreply.github.com": "yyzquwu",  # PR #47567 salvage (Matrix: register inbound handlers with wait_sync=True so _dispatch_sync's gather awaits them; without it mautrix fire-and-forgets and inbound intake has no completion point)