diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 96194eea5..8bc1546ae 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -142591,6 +142591,8 @@ const findCommitsWithAssociatedPullRequestsQuery = /* GraphQL */ `
                   body @include(if: $withPullRequestBody)
                   author {
                     login
+                    __typename
+                    url
                   }
                   baseRepository {
                     nameWithOwner
@@ -143027,7 +143029,13 @@ const contributorsSentence = ({ commits, pullRequests, config }) => {
       pullRequest.author &&
       !excludeContributors.includes(pullRequest.author.login)
     ) {
-      contributors.add(`@${pullRequest.author.login}`)
+      if (pullRequest.author.__typename === 'Bot') {
+        contributors.add(
+          `[${pullRequest.author.login}[bot]](${pullRequest.author.url})`
+        )
+      } else {
+        contributors.add(`@${pullRequest.author.login}`)
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -143151,17 +143159,26 @@ const generateChangeLog = (mergedPullRequests, config) => {
 
   const pullRequestToString = (pullRequests) =>
     pullRequests
-      .map((pullRequest) =>
-        template(config['change-template'], {
+      .map((pullRequest) => {
+        var pullAuthor = 'ghost'
+        if (pullRequest.author) {
+          pullAuthor =
+            pullRequest.author.__typename &&
+            pullRequest.author.__typename === 'Bot'
+              ? `[${pullRequest.author.login}[bot]](${pullRequest.author.url})`
+              : pullRequest.author.login
+        }
+
+        return template(config['change-template'], {
           $TITLE: escapeTitle(pullRequest.title),
           $NUMBER: pullRequest.number,
-          $AUTHOR: pullRequest.author ? pullRequest.author.login : 'ghost',
+          $AUTHOR: pullAuthor,
           $BODY: pullRequest.body,
           $URL: pullRequest.url,
           $BASE_REF_NAME: pullRequest.baseRefName,
           $HEAD_REF_NAME: pullRequest.headRefName,
         })
-      )
+      })
       .join('\n')
 
   const changeLog = []
diff --git a/lib/commits.js b/lib/commits.js
index 1d0e230b0..d75259094 100644
--- a/lib/commits.js
+++ b/lib/commits.js
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ const findCommitsWithAssociatedPullRequestsQuery = /* GraphQL */ `
                   body @include(if: $withPullRequestBody)
                   author {
                     login
+                    __typename
+                    url
                   }
                   baseRepository {
                     nameWithOwner
diff --git a/lib/releases.js b/lib/releases.js
index 1f22d6eb1..0d2905e4c 100644
--- a/lib/releases.js
+++ b/lib/releases.js
@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@ const contributorsSentence = ({ commits, pullRequests, config }) => {
       pullRequest.author &&
       !excludeContributors.includes(pullRequest.author.login)
     ) {
-      contributors.add(`@${pullRequest.author.login}`)
+      if (pullRequest.author.__typename === 'Bot') {
+        contributors.add(
+          `[${pullRequest.author.login}[bot]](${pullRequest.author.url})`
+        )
+      } else {
+        contributors.add(`@${pullRequest.author.login}`)
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -235,17 +241,26 @@ const generateChangeLog = (mergedPullRequests, config) => {
 
   const pullRequestToString = (pullRequests) =>
     pullRequests
-      .map((pullRequest) =>
-        template(config['change-template'], {
+      .map((pullRequest) => {
+        var pullAuthor = 'ghost'
+        if (pullRequest.author) {
+          pullAuthor =
+            pullRequest.author.__typename &&
+            pullRequest.author.__typename === 'Bot'
+              ? `[${pullRequest.author.login}[bot]](${pullRequest.author.url})`
+              : pullRequest.author.login
+        }
+
+        return template(config['change-template'], {
           $TITLE: escapeTitle(pullRequest.title),
           $NUMBER: pullRequest.number,
-          $AUTHOR: pullRequest.author ? pullRequest.author.login : 'ghost',
+          $AUTHOR: pullAuthor,
           $BODY: pullRequest.body,
           $URL: pullRequest.url,
           $BASE_REF_NAME: pullRequest.baseRefName,
           $HEAD_REF_NAME: pullRequest.headRefName,
         })
-      )
+      })
       .join('\n')
 
   const changeLog = []
diff --git a/test/releases.test.js b/test/releases.test.js
index 67b329fc3..623e4cf80 100644
--- a/test/releases.test.js
+++ b/test/releases.test.js
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ const pullRequests = [
     baseRefName: 'master',
     headRefName: 'implement-feature',
   },
+  {
+    title: 'Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples',
+    number: 0,
+    body: 'Updates the dependency ....',
+    url: 'https://github.com',
+    labels: { nodes: [{ name: 'dependencies' }] },
+    author: {
+      login: 'dependabot',
+      // although the RESTful API returns a `type: "Bot"`, GraphQL only allows us to look up based on the `__typename`
+      __typename: 'Bot',
+      url: 'https://github.com/apps/dependabot',
+    },
+    baseRefName: 'master',
+    headRefName: 'dependabot/go_modules/examples/golang.org/x/crypto-0.17.0',
+  },
 ]
 const baseConfig = {
   ...DEFAULT_CONFIG,
@@ -99,7 +114,8 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         * Fixes #4 (#5) @Happypig375
         * 2*2 should equal to 4*1 (#6) @jetersen
         * Rename __confgs\\\\confg.yml to __configs\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
-        * Adds @nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375"
+        * Adds @nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)"
       `)
     })
     it('escapes titles with \\s correctly', () => {
@@ -116,7 +132,8 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         * Fixes #4 (#5) @Happypig375
         * 2*2 should equal to 4*1 (#6) @jetersen
         * Rename __confgs\\\\\\\\confg.yml to __configs\\\\\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
-        * Adds @nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375"
+        * Adds @nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)"
       `)
     })
     it('escapes titles with \\<*_& correctly', () => {
@@ -133,7 +150,8 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         * Fixes #4 (#5) @Happypig375
         * 2\\\\*2 should equal to 4\\\\*1 (#6) @jetersen
         * Rename \\\\_\\\\_confgs\\\\\\\\confg.yml to \\\\_\\\\_configs\\\\\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
-        * Adds @nullable annotations to the 1\\\\*1+2\\\\*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375"
+        * Adds @nullable annotations to the 1\\\\*1+2\\\\*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)"
       `)
     })
     it('escapes titles with @s correctly', () => {
@@ -150,7 +168,8 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         * Fixes #4 (#5) @Happypig375
         * 2*2 should equal to 4*1 (#6) @jetersen
         * Rename __confgs\\\\confg.yml to __configs\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
-        * Adds @<!---->nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375"
+        * Adds @<!---->nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)"
       `)
     })
     it('escapes titles with @s and #s correctly', () => {
@@ -167,7 +186,8 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         * Fixes #<!---->4 (#5) @Happypig375
         * 2*2 should equal to 4*1 (#6) @jetersen
         * Rename __confgs\\\\confg.yml to __configs\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
-        * Adds @<!---->nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375"
+        * Adds @<!---->nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)"
       `)
     })
     it('escapes titles with \\<@*_&`# correctly', () => {
@@ -184,7 +204,8 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         * Fixes #<!---->4 (#5) @Happypig375
         * 2\\\\*2 should equal to 4\\\\*1 (#6) @jetersen
         * Rename \\\\_\\\\_confgs\\\\\\\\confg.yml to \\\\_\\\\_configs\\\\\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
-        * Adds @<!---->nullable annotations to the 1\\\\*1+2\\\\*4 test in \\\\\`tests.java\\\\\` (#0) @Happypig375"
+        * Adds @<!---->nullable annotations to the 1\\\\*1+2\\\\*4 test in \\\\\`tests.java\\\\\` (#0) @Happypig375
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)"
       `)
     })
     it('adds proper details/summary markdown when collapse-after is set and more than 3 PRs', () => {
@@ -197,6 +218,7 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         "* B2 (#2) @ghost
         * Rename __confgs\\\\confg.yml to __configs\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
         * Adds @nullable annotations to the 1*1+2*4 test in \`tests.java\` (#0) @Happypig375
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)
 
         ## Bugs
 
@@ -227,6 +249,7 @@ describe('releases', () => {
         * Fixes #4 (#5) @Happypig375
         * 2*2 should equal to 4*1 (#6) @jetersen
         * Rename __confgs\\\\confg.yml to __configs\\\\config.yml (#7) @ghost
+        * Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 in /examples (#0) @[dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot)
 
         ## Feature