diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yaml b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
index e7b13780..30c93214 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ jobs:
           VALIDATE_GIT_COMMITLINT: false
           MARKDOWN_CONFIG_FILE: .markdownlint.json
           PYTHON_MYPY_CONFIG_FILE: .mypy.ini
-          FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: "^examples/.*"
+          FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: "^(examples/.*|CHANGELOG.md)$"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 825c32f0..e69de29b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# Changelog