diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17cdaceaa..b96433705 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ contributors_file*
 ##documentation
 scripts/sort_contibutors/.env
 scripts/sort_contibutors/contributors_file.*
+scripts/sort_contibutors/.tools/
+scripts/sort_contibutors/bin/
 
 #optimizations
 .github/scripts/binary_version.txt
diff --git a/scripts/sort_contibutors/Makefile b/scripts/sort_contibutors/Makefile
index fb91374f9..333c63fb8 100644
--- a/scripts/sort_contibutors/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/sort_contibutors/Makefile
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ vet:
 	$(GO) vet ./...
 
 security:
-	@command -v gosec >/dev/null 2>&1 || { \
+	@if command -v gosec >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		gosec ./...; \
+	else \
 		echo "gosec not found. Installing with: go install github.com/securego/gosec/v2/cmd/gosec@latest"; \
 		GOBIN=$$(pwd)/.tools $(GO) install github.com/securego/gosec/v2/cmd/gosec@latest || exit 1; \
 		PATH=$$(pwd)/.tools:$$PATH gosec ./...; \
-		exit $$?; \
-	}
-	gosec ./...
+	fi
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR) .tools
diff --git a/scripts/sort_contibutors/main.go b/scripts/sort_contibutors/main.go
index 62e1cb91b..74376622b 100644
--- a/scripts/sort_contibutors/main.go
+++ b/scripts/sort_contibutors/main.go
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ var excludedContributors = map[string]struct{}{
 	"commjoen":           {},
 	"bendehaan":          {},
 	"benno001":           {},
+	"copilot":            {},
+	"copilot-swe-agent":  {},
 }
 
 var knownNames = map[string]string{
diff --git a/scripts/sort_contibutors/main_test.go b/scripts/sort_contibutors/main_test.go
index cd61b3293..85c0baed5 100644
--- a/scripts/sort_contibutors/main_test.go
+++ b/scripts/sort_contibutors/main_test.go
@@ -147,3 +147,23 @@ func TestWriteFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected file content: %s", string(b))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseContributorListExcludesAutomatedAccounts(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	a := &app{nameCache: map[string]string{}}
+	input := []contributorAPI{
+		{Login: "some[bot]", Contributions: 10},
+		{Login: "copilot", Contributions: 10},
+		{Login: "copilot-swe-agent", Contributions: 10},
+		{Login: "f3rn0s", Contributions: 5},
+	}
+
+	got := a.parseContributorList(input)
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 contributor after filtering, got %d", len(got))
+	}
+	if got[0].Username != "f3rn0s" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected f3rn0s to remain, got %+v", got[0])
+	}
+}