diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 3401eb62c..a28ec2a46 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "290859878+synapsesx@users.noreply.github.com": "synapsesx",
     "157689911+itsflownium@users.noreply.github.com": "itsflownium",
     "dirtyren@users.noreply.github.com": "dirtyren",
+    "tgmerritt@gmail.com": "tgmerritt",  # PR #43553 salvage (parse vLLM's token-based output-cap error format so over-cap max_tokens 400s reduce the output cap instead of death-looping into compression)
     "13277570+justin-cyhuang@users.noreply.github.com": "justin-cyhuang",
     "agent@tranquil-flow.dev": "Tranquil-Flow",
     "jason@hermes-jc": "jcjc81",