diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index b55f7771647..cfd36bb9476 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "arnaud@nolimitdevelopment.com": "ali-nld",
     "sswdarius@gmail.com": "necoweb3",
     "bassisho@Mac-mini-bassis.local": "hydracoco7",  # PR #61382 salvage (id-less cron job freeze)
+    "AlexFucuson9@users.noreply.github.com": "AlexFucuson9",  # PR #61209 salvage (hygiene compression data loss)
     "t.chen@aftership.com": "cypctlinux",  # PR #52403 salvage (Slack bot/workflow auth before no-user-id guard)
     "30854794+YLChen-007@users.noreply.github.com": "YLChen-007",  # PR #26965 (approval remote command substitution)
     "1078345+egilewski@users.noreply.github.com": "egilewski",  # co-author, PR #40663