diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-merit-badger.yml b/.github/workflows/github-merit-badger.yml
index 6049a6e2fd486..c09a347cdd0d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-merit-badger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-merit-badger.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ jobs:
           badges: '[beginning-contributor,repeat-contributor,valued-contributor,admired-contributor,star-contributor,distinguished-contributor]'
           thresholds: '[0,3,6,13,25,50]'
           badge-type: 'achievement'
-          ignore-usernames: '[rix0rrr,iliapolo,otaviomacedo,kaizencc,TheRealAmazonKendra,mrgrain,pahud,kellertk,ashishdhingra,khushail,moelasmar,paulhcsun,GavinZZ,xazhao,gracelu0,shikha372,godwingrs22,bergjaak,IanKonlog,Leo10Gama,samson-keung,scorbiere,jiayiwang7,saiyush,5d,iankhou,QuantumNeuralCoder,SimonCMoore,Y-JayKim,ykethan,aws-cdk-automation,dependabot[bot],mergify[bot]]'
+          ignore-usernames: '[rix0rrr,iliapolo,otaviomacedo,kaizencc,TheRealAmazonKendra,mrgrain,pahud,kellertk,ashishdhingra,khushail,moelasmar,paulhcsun,GavinZZ,xazhao,gracelu0,shikha372,godwingrs22,bergjaak,IanKonlog,Leo10Gama,samson-keung,scorbiere,jiayiwang7,saiyush,5d,iankhou,QuantumNeuralCoder,SimonCMoore,Y-JayKim,ykethan,aws-cdk-automation,dependabot[bot],mergify[bot],aemada-aws]'
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index d4f62db789d41..78e3a2ab3d6dc 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pull_request_rules:
       label:
         add: [contribution/core]
     conditions:
-      - author~=^(rix0rrr|iliapolo|otaviomacedo|kaizencc|TheRealAmazonKendra|mrgrain|pahud|ashishdhingra|kellertk|moelasmar|paulhcsun|GavinZZ|xazhao|gracelu0|shikha372|QuantumNeuralCoder|godwingrs22|bergjaak|samson-keung|IanKonlog|Leo10Gama|scorbiere|jiayiwang7|saiyush|5d|iankhou|SimonCMoore|Y-JayKim|ykethan)$
+      - author~=^(rix0rrr|iliapolo|otaviomacedo|kaizencc|TheRealAmazonKendra|mrgrain|pahud|ashishdhingra|kellertk|moelasmar|paulhcsun|GavinZZ|xazhao|gracelu0|shikha372|QuantumNeuralCoder|godwingrs22|bergjaak|samson-keung|IanKonlog|Leo10Gama|scorbiere|jiayiwang7|saiyush|5d|iankhou|SimonCMoore|Y-JayKim|ykethan|aemada-aws)$
       - -label~="contribution/core"
   - name: automatic merge
     actions: