diff --git a/src/auto-close-community-issues.ts b/src/auto-close-community-issues.ts
index e061a96e..c9fc3de9 100644
--- a/src/auto-close-community-issues.ts
+++ b/src/auto-close-community-issues.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export class AutoCloseCommunityIssues {
       },
     });
 
+    const maintainerStatuses = `fromJSON('["OWNER", "MEMBER", "COLLABORATOR", "CONTRIBUTOR"]')`;
     const comment =
       `Hi there! 👋 We appreciate your interest, but this is probably not the right place. 
       All the code in this repository is auto-generated using 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export class AutoCloseCommunityIssues {
       permissions: {
         issues: JobPermission.WRITE,
       },
-      if: "github.event.issue.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'",
+      if: `github.event.issue.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(${maintainerStatuses}, github.event.issue.author_association)`,
       steps: [
         {
           name: "Checkout",
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ export class AutoCloseCommunityIssues {
       permissions: {
         pullRequests: JobPermission.WRITE,
       },
-      if: "github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'",
+      if: `github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(${maintainerStatuses}, github.event.pull_request.author_association)`,
       steps: [
         {
           name: "Checkout",
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 83cfbdca..0d64b4e5 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write
-    if: github.event.issue.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'
+    if: github.event.issue.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(fromJSON('[\\"OWNER\\", \\"MEMBER\\", \\"COLLABORATOR\\", \\"CONTRIBUTOR\\"]'), github.event.issue.author_association)
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
-    if: github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(fromJSON('[\\"OWNER\\", \\"MEMBER\\", \\"COLLABORATOR\\", \\"CONTRIBUTOR\\"]'), github.event.pull_request.author_association)
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab
@@ -2800,7 +2800,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write
-    if: github.event.issue.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'
+    if: github.event.issue.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(fromJSON('[\\"OWNER\\", \\"MEMBER\\", \\"COLLABORATOR\\", \\"CONTRIBUTOR\\"]'), github.event.issue.author_association)
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab
@@ -2825,7 +2825,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
-    if: github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(fromJSON('[\\"OWNER\\", \\"MEMBER\\", \\"COLLABORATOR\\", \\"CONTRIBUTOR\\"]'), github.event.pull_request.author_association)
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab
@@ -5531,7 +5531,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       issues: write
-    if: github.event.issue.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.issue.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'
+    if: github.event.issue.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(fromJSON('[\\"OWNER\\", \\"MEMBER\\", \\"COLLABORATOR\\", \\"CONTRIBUTOR\\"]'), github.event.issue.author_association)
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab
@@ -5556,7 +5556,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
-    if: github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'OWNER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'MEMBER' && github.event.pull_request.author_association != 'COLLABORATOR'
+    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'team-tf-cdk' || contains(fromJSON('[\\"OWNER\\", \\"MEMBER\\", \\"COLLABORATOR\\", \\"CONTRIBUTOR\\"]'), github.event.pull_request.author_association)
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab