diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25a6f5a23..9f8695d3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@
                                         <changelog>
                                             <preset>conventional-commits</preset>
                                             <links>true</links>
+                                            <skipMergeCommits>true</skipMergeCommits>
                                             <formatted>ALWAYS</formatted>
                                             <extraProperties>
                                                 <categorizeScopes>true</categorizeScopes>