diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts
index 137034feb..1550ef41a 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts
@@ -567,14 +567,18 @@ export const secretScanningV2QueueServiceFactory = async ({
         const projectMembers = await projectMembershipDAL.findAllProjectMembers(projectId);
         const project = await projectDAL.findById(projectId);
 
-        const projectAdmins = projectMembers.filter((member) =>
-          member.roles.some((role) => role.role === ProjectMembershipRole.Admin)
-        );
+        const recipients = projectMembers.filter((member) => {
+          const isAdmin = member.roles.some((role) => role.role === ProjectMembershipRole.Admin);
+          const isCompleted = payload.status === SecretScanningScanStatus.Completed;
+          // We assume that the committer is one of the project members
+          const isCommitter = isCompleted && payload.authorEmail === member.user.email;
+          return isAdmin || isCommitter;
+        });
 
         const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
 
         await smtpService.sendMail({
-          recipients: projectAdmins.map((member) => member.user.email!).filter(Boolean),
+          recipients: recipients.map((member) => member.user.email!).filter(Boolean),
           template:
             payload.status === SecretScanningScanStatus.Completed
               ? SmtpTemplates.SecretScanningV2SecretsDetected