diff --git a/scripts/auh-config/upgrade-helper.conf b/scripts/auh-config/upgrade-helper.conf
index d7c6b1d..3a3449d 100644
--- a/scripts/auh-config/upgrade-helper.conf
+++ b/scripts/auh-config/upgrade-helper.conf
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ publish_work_url=https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/auh
 commit_revert_policy=all
 
 retry_any_version_recipes=vulkan-samples sbom-cve-check-update-cvelist-native sbom-cve-check-update-nvd-native
+
+# changelog only attached to the email, not added to the commit message
+changelog_skip_recipes=mesa* gstreamer1.0* gst-* cmake* python3 u-boot*
+    openssh acpica freetype vulkan-validation-layers parted expat