diff --git a/gradle/changelog/committers.yaml b/gradle/changelog/committers.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..502190760e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/committers.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: changed
+  description: Improve committer accuracy
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java
index 8bd6df8162..8e29829238 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/AbstractGitCommand.java
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class AbstractGitCommand {
         if (!status.isClean() || isInMerge()) {
           return of(clone.commit()
             .setAuthor(authorToUse.getName(), authorToUse.getMail())
-            .setCommitter("SCM-Manager", "noreply@scm-manager.org")
+            .setCommitter(authorToUse.getName(), authorToUse.getMail())
             .setMessage(message)
             .setSign(sign)
             .setSigningKey(sign ? "SCM-MANAGER-DEFAULT-KEY" : null)
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommandTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommandTest.java
index 006c4315cb..b388c24167 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommandTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModifyCommandTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 
+import com.github.sdorra.shiro.SubjectAware;
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.SimplePrincipalCollection;
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.api.errors.GitAPIException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ import sonia.scm.ScmConstraintViolationException;
 import sonia.scm.repository.GitTestHelper;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Person;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryHookType;
+import sonia.scm.user.User;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 public class GitModifyCommandTest extends GitModifyCommandTestBase {
 
+  private static final String REALM = "AdminRealm";
+
   @Override
   protected String getZippedRepositoryResource() {
     return "sonia/scm/repository/spi/scm-git-spi-move-test.zip";
@@ -75,6 +81,8 @@ public class GitModifyCommandTest extends GitModifyCommandTestBase {
       RevCommit lastCommit = getLastCommit(git);
       assertThat(lastCommit.getFullMessage()).isEqualTo("Make some change");
       assertThat(lastCommit.getAuthorIdent().getName()).isEqualTo("Dirk Gently");
+      assertThat(lastCommit.getCommitterIdent().getName()).isEqualTo("Dirk Gently");
+      assertThat(lastCommit.getCommitterIdent().getEmailAddress()).isEqualTo("dirk@holistic.det");
       assertThat(newRef).isEqualTo(lastCommit.toObjectId().name());
     }
   }
@@ -528,4 +536,11 @@ public class GitModifyCommandTest extends GitModifyCommandTestBase {
     return request;
   }
 
+  private ModifyCommandRequest prepareModifyCommandRequestWithoutAuthorEmail() {
+    ModifyCommandRequest request = new ModifyCommandRequest();
+    request.setAuthor(new Person("Dirk Gently", ""));
+    request.setCommitMessage("Make some change");
+    return request;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java
index 56a820a93d..667b140f87 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommand.java
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@ public class SvnModifyCommand implements ModifyCommand {
     }
   }
 
+  private String getCurrentUserName() {
+    if (SecurityUtils.getSubject() != null && SecurityUtils.getSubject().getPrincipal() != null) {
+      return SecurityUtils.getSubject().getPrincipal().toString();
+    } else {
+      return "SCM-Manager";
+    }
+  }
+
   private String commitChanges(SVNClientManager clientManager, File workingDirectory, String commitMessage) {
     try {
       clientManager.setAuthenticationManager(SVNWCUtil.createDefaultAuthenticationManager(getCurrentUserName(), new char[0]));
@@ -110,14 +118,6 @@ public class SvnModifyCommand implements ModifyCommand {
     }
   }
 
-  private String getCurrentUserName() {
-    if (SecurityUtils.getSubject() != null && SecurityUtils.getSubject().getPrincipal() != null) {
-      return SecurityUtils.getSubject().getPrincipal().toString();
-    } else {
-      return "SCM-Manager";
-    }
-  }
-
   private void modifyWorkingDirectory(ModifyCommandRequest request, SVNClientManager clientManager, File workingDirectory) {
     for (ModifyCommandRequest.PartialRequest partialRequest : request.getRequests()) {
       try {
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java
index c42a150b22..8128a1e5f2 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnModifyCommandTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry;
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.PrincipalCollection;
 import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
 import org.apache.shiro.util.ThreadContext;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import sonia.scm.repository.api.FileLockedException;
 import sonia.scm.repository.work.NoneCachingWorkingCopyPool;
 import sonia.scm.repository.work.WorkdirProvider;
 import sonia.scm.repository.work.WorkingCopy;
+import sonia.scm.user.User;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -75,7 +77,10 @@ public class SvnModifyCommandTest extends AbstractSvnCommandTestBase {
   @Before
   public void initSecurityManager() {
     Subject subject = mock(Subject.class);
+    PrincipalCollection principalCollection = mock(PrincipalCollection.class);
     when(subject.getPrincipal()).thenReturn("alThor");
+    when(subject.getPrincipals()).thenReturn(principalCollection);
+    when(principalCollection.oneByType(User.class)).thenReturn(new User("galaxy", "quest", "galaxy@quest.com"));
     ThreadContext.bind(subject);
   }