diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml b/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml
index d4236f31d719f5..91cbd0e103dd11 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.yaml
@@ -735,6 +735,12 @@ pvanheus:
     joined: 2017-09
     bio: Research at the South African National Bioinformatics Institute
 
+rahmot:
+    name: Rahmot Afolabi
+    email: afolabirahmot09@gmail.com
+    joined: 2021-10
+    linkedin: rahmot-afolabi
+
 r1corre:
     name: Erwan Corre
     email: erwan.corre@sb-roscoff.fr