this field is called committer for svn
diff --git a/commitbot.py b/commitbot.py
index 80d24ea..675dbb3 100644
--- a/commitbot.py
+++ b/commitbot.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
url = f"https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p={commit_repo}.git;h={sha}"
return f"git:{commit_repo}", f"\x033 {author}\x03 \x02{tag} * {sha}\x0f ({commit_files}) {url}: {commit_subject}"
else: # if not git, then svn
- author = commit.get("author", "unknown") + "@apache.org"
+ author = commit.get("committer", "unknown") + "@apache.org"
commit_subject = commit.get("log", "No log provided").split("\n")[0]
revision = commit.get("id", "1")
url = f"https://svn.apache.org/r{revision}"
