diff --git a/test/check_author_list.py b/test/check_author_list.py
index eac8a4a6c8c7470b4586e4a68ec9e3ea8059150e..19013bff9f36b4094abdc06d29bf5938fb832a94 100644
--- a/test/check_author_list.py
+++ b/test/check_author_list.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import re
 import subprocess
 
-special_cases = ["plasky", "thomas", "mj-will", "richard"]
+special_cases = ["plasky", "thomas", "mj-will", "richard", "john-veitch"]
 AUTHORS_list = []
 with open("AUTHORS.md", "r") as f:
     AUTHORS_list = " ".join([line for line in f]).lower()