diff --git a/utils/generate_release_notes.py b/utils/generate_release_notes.py
index 1c2e31ed11a..d63006542fd 100755
--- a/utils/generate_release_notes.py
+++ b/utils/generate_release_notes.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def split_to_categories(changes, categories):
 
 
 def print_section_heading_2(text, file=None):
-    print(f"### {text}\n", file=file)
+    print(f"## {text}\n", file=file)
 
 
 def print_section_heading_3(text, file=None):
@@ -123,11 +123,35 @@ def print_by_category(changes, categories, file=None):
 
 def binder_badge(tag):
     """Get mybinder Binder badge from a given tag, hash, or branch"""
-    binder_image_url = "https://camo.githubusercontent.com/581c077bdbc6ca6899c86d0acc6145ae85e9d80e6f805a1071793dbe48917982/68747470733a2f2f6d7962696e6465722e6f72672f62616467655f6c6f676f2e737667"  # noqa
+    binder_image_url = "https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg"
     binder_url = f"https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/OSGeo/grass/{tag}?urlpath=lab%2Ftree%2Fdoc%2Fnotebooks%2Fjupyter_example.ipynb"  # noqa
     return f"[![Binder]({binder_image_url})]({binder_url})"
 
 
+def adjust_after(lines):
+    """Adjust new contributor lines in the last part of the generated notes"""
+    bot_file = Path("utils") / "known_bot_names.txt"
+    known_bot_names = bot_file.read_text().splitlines()
+    new_lines = []
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.startswith("* @"):
+            unused, username, text = line.split(" ", maxsplit=2)
+            username = username.replace("@", "")
+            if username in known_bot_names:
+                continue
+            output = subprocess.run(
+                ["gh", "api", f"users/{username}"],
+                capture_output=True,
+                text=True,
+                check=True,
+            ).stdout
+            name = json.loads(output)["name"]
+            if name and name != username:
+                line = f"* {name} (@{username}) {text}"
+        new_lines.append(line)
+    return new_lines
+
+
 def print_notes(
     start_tag, end_tag, changes, categories, before=None, after=None, file=None
 ):
@@ -145,6 +169,8 @@ def print_notes(
 
     if before:
         print(before)
+    print_section_heading_2("Highlights", file=file)
+    print("* _Put handcrafted list of items here._\n")
     print_section_heading_2("What's Changed", file=file)
     changes_by_category = split_to_categories(changes, categories=categories)
     print_by_category(changes_by_category, categories=categories, file=file)
@@ -185,12 +211,13 @@ def notes_from_gh_api(start_tag, end_tag, branch, categories, exclude):
         else:
             changes.append(change)
     changes = remove_excluded_changes(changes=changes, exclude=exclude)
+    after = adjust_after(lines[end_whats_changed + 1 :])
     print_notes(
         start_tag=start_tag,
         end_tag=end_tag,
         changes=changes,
         before="\n".join(lines[:start_whats_changed]),
-        after="\n".join(lines[end_whats_changed + 1 :]),
+        after="\n".join(after),
         categories=categories,
     )