diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/page-pages/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/page-pages/index.js
index dc77439217c80..9fbbceeb866b2 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/page-pages/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/page-pages/index.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default function PagePages() {
 	} = useEntityRecords( 'postType', 'page', queryArgs );
 
 	const { records: authors } = useEntityRecords( 'root', 'user', {
-		who: 'authors',
+		has_published_posts: [ 'page' ],
 	} );
 
 	const paginationInfo = useMemo(