diff --git a/internal/analyzer/angular.go b/internal/analyzer/angular.go
index 193f794..a938a49 100644
--- a/internal/analyzer/angular.go
+++ b/internal/analyzer/angular.go
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ func (a *angular) analyze(commit shared.Commit, rule Rule) *shared.AnalyzedCommi
 
 	analyzed := &shared.AnalyzedCommit{
 		Commit:        commit,
-		Author:        commit.Author,
 		Tag:           rule.Tag,
 		TagString:     rule.TagString,
 		Scope:         shared.Scope(matches["scope"]),
diff --git a/internal/analyzer/conventional.go b/internal/analyzer/conventional.go
index 2b45f53..e2b4b72 100644
--- a/internal/analyzer/conventional.go
+++ b/internal/analyzer/conventional.go
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ func (a *conventional) analyze(commit shared.Commit, rule Rule) *shared.Analyzed
 
 	analyzed := &shared.AnalyzedCommit{
 		Commit:        commit,
-		Author:        commit.Author,
 		Tag:           rule.Tag,
 		TagString:     rule.TagString,
 		Scope:         shared.Scope(matches["scope"]),
diff --git a/internal/changelog/changelog.go b/internal/changelog/changelog.go
index e1c5772..1a178f6 100644
--- a/internal/changelog/changelog.go
+++ b/internal/changelog/changelog.go
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ func (c *Changelog) GenerateChangelog(templateConfig shared.ChangelogTemplateCon
 	for _, commits := range analyzedCommits {
 		for _, commit := range commits {
 
-			_, ok := authors[commit.Author]
+			_, ok := authors[commit.Commit.Author]
 			if !ok {
-				authors[commit.Author] = 0
+				authors[commit.Commit.Author] = 0
 			}
-			authors[commit.Author] = authors[commit.Author] + 1
+			authors[commit.Commit.Author] = authors[commit.Commit.Author] + 1
 
 			if commit.Print {
 				if commit.IsBreaking {
diff --git a/internal/changelog/changelog_test.go b/internal/changelog/changelog_test.go
index 1d3e830..f38f9fe 100644
--- a/internal/changelog/changelog_test.go
+++ b/internal/changelog/changelog_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ func TestChangelog(t *testing.T) {
 			analyzedCommits: map[shared.Release][]shared.AnalyzedCommit{
 				"minor": {
 					{
-						Author: "me",
 						Commit: shared.Commit{
 							Message: "feat(internal/changelog): my first commit",
 							Author:  "me",
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ func TestChangelog(t *testing.T) {
 						MessageBlocks: map[string][]shared.MessageBlock{},
 					},
 					{
-						Author: "secondAuthor",
 						Commit: shared.Commit{
 							Message: "feat(internal/changelog): my second commit",
 							Author:  "secondAuthor",
diff --git a/internal/shared/shared.go b/internal/shared/shared.go
index 7f01b2e..cbde9f0 100644
--- a/internal/shared/shared.go
+++ b/internal/shared/shared.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ type ChangelogTemplateConfig struct {
 type AnalyzedCommit struct {
 	Commit                      Commit                    `yaml:"commit"`
 	ParsedMessage               string                    `yaml:"parsedMessage"`
-	Author                      string                    `yaml:"author"`
 	ParsedBreakingChangeMessage string                    `yaml:"parsedBreakingChangeMessage"`
 	Tag                         string                    `yaml:"tag"`
 	TagString                   string                    `yaml:"tagString"`