diff --git a/.commit-check.yml b/.commit-check.yml
index 10f8d39..ad339d0 100644
--- a/.commit-check.yml
+++ b/.commit-check.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ checks:
     suggest: run command `git checkout -b type/branch_name`
 
   - check: author_name
-    regex: ^[A-Za-z ,.\'-]+$|.*(\[bot])
+    regex: ^[A-Za-zÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ\u0100-\u017F\u0180-\u024F ,.\'-]+$|.*(\[bot])
     error: The committer name seems invalid
     suggest: run command `git config user.name "Your Name"`
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e1d96d8..2953fc4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,23 +17,23 @@ repos:
     -   id: requirements-txt-fixer
 -   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.9.3
+    rev: v0.9.6
     hooks:
     # Run the linter.
     -   id: ruff
         args: [ --fix ]
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-    rev: v1.14.1
+    rev: v1.15.0
     hooks:
     -   id: mypy
         additional_dependencies: [types-PyYAML]
         exclude: ^testing/resources/
 -   repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.4.0
+    rev: v2.4.1
     hooks:
     -   id: codespell
 -   repo: https://github.com/commit-check/commit-check
-    rev: v0.9.2
+    rev: v0.9.3
     hooks:
     -   id: check-message
     # -   id: check-branch          # uncomment if you need.
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bfb5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Read the Docs configuration file for Sphinx projects
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+version: 2
+
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.12"
+
+sphinx:
+  builder: "dirhtml"
+  configuration: docs/conf.py
+
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/reproducible-builds.html
+python:
+  install:
+    - requirements: docs/requirements.txt
diff --git a/commit_check/__init__.py b/commit_check/__init__.py
index 61de524..521f68f 100644
--- a/commit_check/__init__.py
+++ b/commit_check/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         },
         {
             'check': 'author_name',
-            'regex': r'^[A-Za-z ,.\'-]+$|.*(\[bot])',
+            'regex': r'^[A-Za-zÀ-ÖØ-öø-ÿ\u0100-\u017F\u0180-\u024F ,.\'-]+$|.*(\[bot])',
             'error': 'The committer name seems invalid',
             'suggest': 'run command `git config user.name "Your Name"`',
         },
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index d078f24..af718d9 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+
+.
 sphinx-immaterial
diff --git a/tests/author_test.py b/tests/author_test.py
index 21f637d..8936223 100644
--- a/tests/author_test.py
+++ b/tests/author_test.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class TestAuthor:
     class TestAuthorName:
         # used by get_commit_info mock
         fake_author_value_an = "fake_author_name"
+        fake_accented_author_value_an = "fáké_áúthór_námé"
 
         def test_check_author(self, mocker):
             # Must call get_commit_info, re.match.
@@ -29,6 +30,25 @@ def test_check_author(self, mocker):
             assert m_get_commit_info.call_count == 1
             assert m_re_match.call_count == 1
 
+        def test_check_author_with_accented_letters(self, mocker):
+            # Must call get_commit_info, re.match.
+            checks = [{
+                "check": "author_name",
+                "regex": "dummy_regex"
+            }]
+            m_get_commit_info = mocker.patch(
+                f"{LOCATION}.get_commit_info",
+                return_value=self.fake_accented_author_value_an
+            )
+            m_re_match = mocker.patch(
+                "re.match",
+                return_value="fake_rematch_resp"
+            )
+            retval = check_author(checks, "author_name")
+            assert retval == PASS
+            assert m_get_commit_info.call_count == 1
+            assert m_re_match.call_count == 1
+
         def test_check_author_with_empty_checks(self, mocker):
             # Must NOT call get_commit_info, re.match. with `checks` param with length 0.
             checks = []