diff --git a/docs/docs/usage-guide/additional_configurations.md b/docs/docs/usage-guide/additional_configurations.md
index 17b49cf9..ef18eb44 100644
--- a/docs/docs/usage-guide/additional_configurations.md
+++ b/docs/docs/usage-guide/additional_configurations.md
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ To supplement the automatic bot detection, you can manually specify users to ign
 ignore_pr_authors = ["my-special-bot-user", ...]
 ```
 
-Where the `ignore_pr_authors` is a list of usernames that you want to ignore.
+Where the `ignore_pr_authors` is a regex list of usernames that you want to ignore.
 
 !!! note
     There is one specific case where bots will receive an automatic response - when they generated a PR with a _failed test_. In that case, the [`ci_feedback`](https://qodo-merge-docs.qodo.ai/tools/ci_feedback/) tool will be invoked.
diff --git a/pr_agent/servers/bitbucket_app.py b/pr_agent/servers/bitbucket_app.py
index 0d75d143..7c751bd5 100644
--- a/pr_agent/servers/bitbucket_app.py
+++ b/pr_agent/servers/bitbucket_app.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def should_process_pr_logic(data) -> bool:
         # logic to ignore PRs from specific users
         ignore_pr_users = get_settings().get("CONFIG.IGNORE_PR_AUTHORS", [])
         if ignore_pr_users and sender:
-            if sender in ignore_pr_users:
+            if any(re.search(regex, sender) for regex in ignore_pr_users):
                 get_logger().info(f"Ignoring PR from user '{sender}' due to 'config.ignore_pr_authors' setting")
                 return False
 
diff --git a/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py b/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py
index 36db3c69..b94b79e3 100644
--- a/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py
+++ b/pr_agent/servers/github_app.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def should_process_pr_logic(body) -> bool:
         # logic to ignore PRs from specific users
         ignore_pr_users = get_settings().get("CONFIG.IGNORE_PR_AUTHORS", [])
         if ignore_pr_users and sender:
-            if sender in ignore_pr_users:
+            if any(re.search(regex, sender) for regex in ignore_pr_users):
                 get_logger().info(f"Ignoring PR from user '{sender}' due to 'config.ignore_pr_authors' setting")
                 return False
 
diff --git a/pr_agent/servers/gitlab_webhook.py b/pr_agent/servers/gitlab_webhook.py
index 60f13501..69187530 100644
--- a/pr_agent/servers/gitlab_webhook.py
+++ b/pr_agent/servers/gitlab_webhook.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def should_process_pr_logic(data) -> bool:
         # logic to ignore PRs from specific users
         ignore_pr_users = get_settings().get("CONFIG.IGNORE_PR_AUTHORS", [])
         if ignore_pr_users and sender:
-            if sender in ignore_pr_users:
+            if any(re.search(regex, sender) for regex in ignore_pr_users):
                 get_logger().info(f"Ignoring PR from user '{sender}' due to 'config.ignore_pr_authors' settings")
                 return False