diff --git a/.github/scripts/generate-release-contributors.sh b/.github/scripts/generate-release-contributors.sh
index 88d1bfc..5265d6b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/generate-release-contributors.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/generate-release-contributors.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from_version=$1
 
 # get the date of the first commit that was not in the from_version
-from=$(git log --reverse --pretty=format:"%cI" $from_version..HEAD | head -1)
+from=$(git log --reverse --pretty=format:"%cI" "$from_version..HEAD" | head -1)
 
 # get the last commit on main that was included in the release
 to=$(git merge-base origin/main HEAD | xargs git log -1 --pretty=format:"%cI")
@@ -79,12 +79,15 @@ query($q: String!, $endCursor: String) {
   | sed 's/^\["//' \
   | sed 's/".*//')
 
-echo $contributors1 $contributors2 \
+echo "$contributors1" "$contributors2" \
   | sed 's/ /\n/g' \
   | sort -uf \
-  | grep -v linux-foundation-easycla \
+  | grep -v codecov \
+  | grep -v copilot-pull-request-reviewer \
+  | grep -v copilot-swe-agent \
   | grep -v github-actions \
-  | grep -v renovate \
+  | grep -v github-advanced-security \
+  | grep -v linux-foundation-easycla \
   | grep -v otelbot \
-  | grep -v codecov \
+  | grep -v renovate \
   | sed 's/^/@/'