diff --git a/.github/workflows/contributors.yml b/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..944e39fe28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/contributors.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Maintaining Contributors List
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  update-contributors:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: '*'
+          cache: 'npm'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'npm-shrinkwrap.json'
+          check-latest: true
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci --no-audit
+      - name: Generate Contributors
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: node ./tools/contributors.mjs]
+      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
+        with:
+          commit_message: 'chore: update contributors field'
+          file_pattern: package.json
+          commit_user_name: Contributors[bot]
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index c01e2bb6377..930a05d20d3 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
         "@commitlint/cli": "^16.0.0",
         "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^16.0.0",
         "@netlify/eslint-config-node": "^4.1.2",
+        "@octokit/core": "^3.5.1",
+        "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^2.17.0",
         "ava": "^3.15.0",
         "c8": "^7.11.0",
         "eslint-plugin-sort-destructure-keys": "^1.3.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 671941fb374..24a9ad64158 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@
     "@commitlint/cli": "^16.0.0",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^16.0.0",
     "@netlify/eslint-config-node": "^4.1.2",
+    "@octokit/core": "^3.5.1",
+    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest": "^2.17.0",
     "ava": "^3.15.0",
     "c8": "^7.11.0",
     "eslint-plugin-sort-destructure-keys": "^1.3.5",
diff --git a/tools/contributors.mjs b/tools/contributors.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4602f09833b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/contributors.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import { execSync } from 'child_process'
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
+import process from 'process'
+
+import { Octokit } from '@octokit/core'
+import { paginateRest } from '@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest'
+
+/**
+ * Parses a contributor string into it's parts
+ * @param {string} entry
+ * @returns {name: string, email?: string, web?: string}
+ */
+const parseContributorString = (entry) => {
+  let name, email, web
+
+  const matchFull = /^(.+)\s<(.+)>\s\((.+)\)$/gm.exec(entry)
+  const matchWeb = /^(.+)\s\((.+)\)$/gm.exec(entry)
+  const matchMail = /^(.+)\s<(.+)>$/gm.exec(entry)
+  if (matchFull) {
+    ;[, name, email, web] = matchFull
+  } else if (matchWeb) {
+    ;[, name, web] = matchWeb
+  } else if (matchMail) {
+    ;[, name, email] = matchMail
+  } else {
+    name = entry
+  }
+
+  return { name, email, web }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generates a contributor string out of an entry
+ * @param {object} entry
+ * @param {string} entry.name
+ * @param {string} [entry.email]
+ * @param {string} [entry.web]
+ * @returns
+ */
+const createContributorString = (entry) =>
+  [entry.name, entry.email && `<${entry.email}>`, entry.web && `(${entry.web})`].filter(Boolean).join(' ')
+
+// read the packageJSON
+const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync('package.json', 'utf-8'))
+// parse the existing contributors
+const existingContributors = packageJson.contributors.map((contributor) => parseContributorString(contributor))
+
+// Get a list of email addresses from local git log as they are not
+// part of the user information
+const mailList = new Map(
+  execSync(`git log --format='%an⏣%ae'`)
+    .toString()
+    .split('\n')
+    .map((entry) => entry.split('⏣'))
+    .filter(([key]) => !(key.length === 0 || key.includes('[bot]'))),
+)
+
+const { GITHUB_TOKEN } = process.env
+
+if (!GITHUB_TOKEN) {
+  throw new Error('Please provide the GITHUB_TOKEN as argument to the command: node ./tools/contributors.mjs <token>')
+}
+
+const PagedOctokit = Octokit.plugin(paginateRest)
+const octokit = new PagedOctokit({ auth: GITHUB_TOKEN })
+
+const contributorList = await octokit.paginate('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors', {
+  per_page: 100,
+  owner: 'netlify',
+  repo: 'cli',
+})
+
+// get the user information for each contributor
+const contributors = await Promise.all(
+  contributorList
+    .filter(({ type }) => type === 'User')
+    .map((user) => octokit.request('GET /users/{username}', { username: user.login }).then(({ data }) => data)),
+)
+
+// generate a list of strings with name email and website
+const packageJsonContributors = contributors.map((user) => {
+  const web = (user.twitter_username && `https://twitter.com/${user.twitter_username}`) || user.blog
+  let fullName = user.name || user.login
+  let email = mailList.get(user.login) || mailList.get(user.name) || user.email
+
+  if (!email) {
+    const matchingName = [...mailList.keys()].find((name) => name.startsWith(user.name))
+    if (matchingName) {
+      fullName = matchingName
+      email = mailList.get(matchingName)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Check if an existing user can be found if yes use the details provided in the package.json
+  const existing = existingContributors.find(
+    (cont) =>
+      cont.name === fullName ||
+      cont.name.startsWith(user.name) ||
+      (cont.email && cont.email === email) ||
+      (cont.web && cont.web === web),
+  )
+
+  if (existing) {
+    return createContributorString(existing)
+  }
+
+  return createContributorString({ name: fullName, email, web })
+})
+
+packageJson.contributors = packageJsonContributors
+
+writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2), 'utf-8')