diff --git a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
index 380cbd00..f06018a3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
+++ b/.github/actions/spelling/excludes.txt
@@ -86,3 +86,4 @@
 \.vscode/
 noxfile.py
 \.ruff.toml$
+CHANGELOG.md