diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index a07a268db37..5e654bcab38 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "kshitijk4poor@gmail.com": "kshitijk4poor",
     "1294707+Tosko4@users.noreply.github.com": "Tosko4",
     "keira.voss94@gmail.com": "keiravoss94",
+    "vadim.veroslavov@mail.ru": "veradim",  # PR #41201 salvage (Z.AI endpoint persist)
     "16443023+stablegenius49@users.noreply.github.com": "stablegenius49",
     "fqsy1416@gmail.com": "EKKOLearnAI",
     "octo-patch@github.com": "octo-patch",