diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-authors.yml b/.github/workflows/update-authors.yml
index a388148..6535e26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-authors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-authors.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 0 1 * *'  # Monthly
   workflow_dispatch:  # Manual trigger
 
-permissions:  # Add explicit permissions block at workflow level
+permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
 
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Explicitly set the token
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       
       - name: Update AUTHORS file
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # Fetch all contributors using GitHub CLI
-          contributors=$(gh api repos/tphakala/birdnet-go/contributors --jq '.[].login')
+          # Fetch all contributors using GitHub CLI and filter out bots and owner
+          contributors=$(gh api repos/tphakala/birdnet-go/contributors --jq '.[].login' | \
+            grep -v "tphakala" | \
+            grep -v "dependabot\[bot\]" | \
+            grep -v "^bot-" | \
+            sort)
           
           # Create new AUTHORS file
           cat > AUTHORS << EOL
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           Tomi P. Hakala
           
           Contributors:
-          $(echo "$contributors" | grep -v "tphakala" | sed 's/^/@/')
+          $(echo "$contributors" | sed 's/^/@/')
           
           Please let me know if you are missing from contributors list!
           
@@ -54,12 +58,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Pull Request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Explicitly set the token
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: 'docs: update AUTHORS file with current contributors'
           title: 'Update AUTHORS file'
           body: |
             Automatically updated AUTHORS file with current GitHub contributors.
             
+            Changes:
+            - Updated contributors list
+            - Excluded dependabot and other bots
+            - Sorted contributors alphabetically
+            
             This PR was created automatically by the update-authors workflow.
           branch: update-authors
           delete-branch: true 
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