diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-external-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/label-external-issues.yml
index 5fa228f700..419eda40dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/label-external-issues.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-external-issues.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
   Label-Issue:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Only run if the issue author is not part of NV-Morpheus
-    if: ${{ ! contains(fromJSON('["OWNER", "MEMBER"]'), github.event.issue.author_association)}}
+    if: ${{ ! contains(fromJSON('["OWNER", "MEMBER", "CONTRIBUTOR"]'), github.event.issue.author_association)}}
     steps: 
       - name: add-triage-label
         run: |