diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 425f0958b06..85556acad0c 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "140971685+Dr1985@users.noreply.github.com": "Dr1985",  # PR #42567 salvage (launchd supervision detection + status reporting; #42524)
     "8180647+herbalizer404@users.noreply.github.com": "herbalizer404",  # PR #49076 + #51835 salvage (auxiliary compression fallback: 403/session-usage payment errors + honor fallback chain when aux provider auth unavailable)
     "pyxl-dev@users.noreply.github.com": "pyxl-dev",  # PR #52230 salvage (include rate-limit in auxiliary capacity-error fallback gate; #52228)
+    "yashiel@skyner.co.za": "yashiels",  # PR #53284 salvage (discord markdown table-to-bullet conversion; #21168)
     "benbenwyb@gmail.com": "benbenlijie",  # PR #47205 salvage (named custom-provider extra_body + Z.AI Coding overload adaptive backoff; #50663)
     "dana@added-value.co.il": "Danamove",  # PR #46726 salvage (kill venv-resident pythonw gateway before recreating venv on Windows; #47036/#47557/#47910)
     "145739220+wgu9@users.noreply.github.com": "wgu9",  # PR #51468 salvage (WSL/no-systemd orphan gateway tracking, #51325)