diff --git a/.github/workflows/authors-file.yml b/.github/workflows/authors-file.yml
index 2e5ac25ee..8824bbdab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/authors-file.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/authors-file.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           git add AUTHORS
           git log --format='format:%aN <%aE>' "$(
             git merge-base HEAD^1 HEAD^2
-          )..HEAD^2" | grep -vEe '^dependabot\[bot] ' >> AUTHORS
+          )..HEAD^2" | sed '/^dependabot\[bot] /d' >> AUTHORS
           sort -uo AUTHORS AUTHORS
           git diff AUTHORS >> AUTHORS.diff